Human Nature
- Key
- D major
- Camelot
- 10B
- BPM
- 92.8
Key confidence high · relative B minor (10A) · BPM confidence high · double-time 185.5 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12
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As of 2026-10-28, "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson has charted in 79 markets across 4 platforms, peaking at #1 (RU) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads D major (10B) at 92.8 BPM.
- Markets
- 79
- First seen
- 2026-06-17
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-28
- Peak
- #1 ru
Started in 22 markets, now in 79.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The song was written by Toto keyboardist Steve Porcaro after his young daughter was pushed off a slide, and Quincy Jones only rescued it for Thriller by chance after his cassette deck auto-reversed and kept playing the demo. [1] Michael Jackson recorded his vocal in a single take with no edits or punch-ins after waking from a nap at Westlake Studios. [2] It was sampled by Teddy Riley for SWV's 'Right Here' remix, which spent seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, and by Nas on 'It Ain't Hard to Tell'. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Sampled by Chris Brown, She Ain’t Yousource
- Covered Craig Davidsource
- Covered Ivete Sangalosource
- Covered Jay-Kidsource
- Covered Joey DeFrancescosource
- Written by John Bettissource
- Covered John Mayersource
- Covered Marcus Millersource
- Covered Miles Davissource
- Covered Miles Davissource
- Sampled by Nas, It Ain’t Hard to Tellsource
- Sampled by Nas, Nas Will Prevailsource
- Written by Steve Porcarosource
- Sampled by SWV, Right Here (Human Nature radio mix)source
- Covered Totosource
- Covered Vijay Iyer Triosource
- Covered Vijay Iyersource
- Covered 松田聖子source
- Covered 絢香source
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- New Zealandnz · applemusic spotify#197#14#197
- United Kingdomgb · applemusic spotify#194#16#194
- Singaporesg · deezer spotify#83#27#83
- Australiaau · applemusic spotify#152#29#152
- Portugalpt · deezer spotify#38#29#38
- Irelandie · spotify#186#32#186
- South Africaza · deezer shazam spotify#99#32#99
- United Statesus · spotify#195#34#195
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Global feedglobal · spotify#194#43#194
- World feedworld · shazam#199#124#199
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- ru 2 cities · best #26 moscow
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- USSM19902992
- Slug
- michael-jackson__human-nature
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify
The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.
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Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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