这是流行之王迈克尔杰克逊《HIStory》专辑中第三支进行世界范围发行的单曲。 歌曲mv拍摄照片(16张)（除美国本土）的单曲。在英国，该曲于95年12月初发行，首周即勇夺冠军位置并蝉联6周#1，成为英国单曲榜历史上最重要的圣诞档期冠军曲。这是自3年前Whitney Houston的“I Will Always Love You”（当时将“Heal the World”一直压在亚军位置）之后最成功的圣诞档期冠军单曲。“Earth Song”在单曲榜前75位停留了难以置信的17周（这是Michael在英国单曲榜上寿命第2长的单曲）并创下了1,038,821张单曲唱片的销售成绩，获白金认证。该曲由此成为Michael在英国单曲榜历史上成绩最辉煌的单曲。在最近的英国音乐排行榜50周年纪念的评比上，“Earth Song”成为英国历史上第69位畅销的单曲，这是MJ进入前100名的唯一单曲。单曲的成功帮助专辑在95年圣诞期间停留于前10位并进而突破了100万套的销售大关。 "Earth Song" is the third single from Michael Jackson's album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. It is the fifth song on the second disc of the album. It is a ballad that incorporates elements of blues, gospel and opera. Jackson had a long-standing history of releasing socially conscious material such as "We Are the World", "Man in the Mirror" and "Heal the World". However, "Earth Song" was the first that overtly dealt with the environment and animal welfare. Earth Song was made for the "Dangerous" album but it failed to make the album. The song was written and composed by Jackson; the task of production was split between Jackson, David Foster and Bill Bottrell. "Earth Song" was accompanied by a lavish music video shot on four geographical regions. It centered around the destruction and rebirth of Earth and went on to receive a Grammy nomination in 1997. The song was a top five hit in most European countries. In the United Kingdom, it remains Jackson's best-selling single and was the country's 1995 Christmas number-one single. "Earth Song" was not released as a single in the United States. Jackson went on to receive recognition from various animal and environmental organizations. In 2011 the song was paired-up with the poem "Planet Earth" (previously released on Michael Jackson's This Is It, in 2009) and released as a song in the remix album Immortal. The song was the last song to be rehearsed by Jackson on the night of June 24 2009 making it the final song ever performed by Michael Jackson.