Editing Smooth Criminal (section)

==Composition==
"Smooth Criminal" evolved from an earlier song written by Jackson, "Al Capone" (named after real life gangster [[Al Capone]]), released on the 2012 reissue ''[[Bad 25]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Eisen|first=Benjy|date=July 10, 2013|title=Five Must-Hear Michael Jackson Rarities|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/five-must-hear-michael-jackson-tracks-from-the-ultimate-fan-extras-collection-122669/|access-date=February 1, 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=December 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228035427/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/five-must-hear-michael-jackson-tracks-from-the-ultimate-fan-extras-collection-122669/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is in the key of [[A minor]],<ref name="sheet">{{cite web |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0037339& |title=Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson Digital Sheet Music (Digital Download) |work=MusicNotes.com |date=August 21, 2000 |publisher=[[Alfred Publishing|Alfred Publishing Co. Inc]] |access-date=July 6, 2012 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213138/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0037339& |url-status=live }}</ref> and Jackson's vocal spans from G<sub>3</sub> to C<sub>6</sub>.<ref name="sheet" /> The lyrics describe a narrator who finds a bloodstained carpet and an unconscious body.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/31/arts/pop-michael-jackson-s-bad-follow-up-to-a-blockbuster.html|title=Pop: Michael Jackson's 'Bad,' Follow-Up To A Blockbuster|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=August 31, 1987|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618002853/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/31/arts/pop-michael-jackson-s-bad-follow-up-to-a-blockbuster.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The chorus refrain, "Annie, are you OK?", was inspired by [[Resusci Anne]], a dummy used in [[cardiopulmonary resuscitation]] training. Trainees learn to say "Annie, are you OK?" while practicing resuscitation on the dummy.<ref name="annie">{{Cite news|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/367450/new-michael-jackson-documentary-spike-lee-s-bad-25-is-a-funky-gem-you-can-watch-online|title=Michael Jackson's Bad at 25: The Movie|date=December 1, 2012|publisher=E!|access-date=November 11, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=November 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111173848/https://www.eonline.com/news/367450/new-michael-jackson-documentary-spike-lee-s-bad-25-is-a-funky-gem-you-can-watch-online|url-status=live}}</ref> The original mix of the song includes the sound of Jackson's fast-thumping heart and heavy breathing, which travel from left to right thanks to Hugo Zuccarelli's [[Holophonics]] system.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 18, 1987|title=New system puts sound all around|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|page=3B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-new-system-puts-sound/140909145/|access-date=February 14, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>