Said Riley, 'We don't just add music or instruments just to be adding.' I guess we gotta use what we love.' ' The resulting tune mixes bright strings (a Jackson favorite) with one of the starkest beats he had ever sung over, a sharp contrast to Quincy Jones' rich, colorful orchestration. Let me change that whole bottom and put a new floor in there.' He said, 'Try it. If this is the right tune, I can utilize what you have in your singing. 'The music didn't move Michael,' co-producer Teddy Riley recalled. ' Dangerous and HIStory were more Michael's life story.' A product of Jackson switching up his sound to keep up with the R&B of the Nineties, the title track to Dangerous is stark and driving, with vocals that tilt between anger and terror, and lyrics about lust passing over into a 'web of sin.' The track evolved out of a Bad-era outtake called 'Streetwalker' that he revisited and retitled during the Dangerous sessions with co-writer Bill Bottrell. Off the Wall and Thriller and Bad were more entertainment,' recalls longtime Jackson engineer Bruce Swedien.
