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"Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous (The White Panda Mash-Up)"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Scream
ReleasedSeptember 6, 2017 (2017-09-06)
Length
  • 3:38 (album version)
  • 6:26 (extended version)
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The White Panda
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"A Place with No Name"
(2014)
"Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous (The White Panda Mash-Up)"
(2017)
"Don't Matter to Me"
(2018)
Music video
"Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous" on YouTube

"Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous (The White Panda Mash-Up)", often shortened to just "Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous", is a song by American singer and recording artist Michael Jackson. A mashup by the White Panda, it was released digitally on September 6, 2017 in promotion of Jackson's posthumous compilation album Scream .

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Background and release

In September 2017, Sony Music Entertainment announced that a compilation album entitled Scream would be released on September 29, 2017. [1]

On September 6, 2017, for the promotion of the album, the track "Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous (The White Panda Mash-up)" premiered via Shazam worldwide. [1] [2] On the same day, it became the lead single for the album as a digital download at iTunes [3] and Amazon. [4] It was also released on the majority Chinese music streaming platforms Tencent [5] and NetEase Music [6] the same day.

It is a mash-up composed of five songs by Michael and the Jacksons—"Blood on the Dance Floor", "Dangerous", "This Place Hotel", "Leave Me Alone" and "Is It Scary" [7] [8] [9] remixed by dance music duo White Panda.

Critical reception

Ben Beaumont-Thomas from The Guardian said the song was "fascinatingly awkward" in its presentation. [7]

Commercial performance

The song did not appear in majority music charts in 2017. In December 2017, it was released for club play in the United States, [10] The song debuted at number 47 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart on February 10, 2018, [11] and became the 25th song by Jackson to appear on the chart.

Track listing

Digital single
No.TitleLength
1."Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous (The White Panda Mash-up)"3:39
2."Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous (The White Panda Extended Mash-up)"6:26

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 41

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