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Dirty Diana is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Billy Idol. Those roots explain a lot about how Dirty Diana arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bahamadia and The Way You Make Me Feel, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Weeknd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 4 connections around Dirty Diana, reaching back through Billy Idol and forward to The Weeknd. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Dirty Diana" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It is the ninth track on Jackson's seventh studio album, Bad (1987). The song was released by Epic Records on April 18, 1988, as the fifth single from the album. It presents a harder rock sound similar to "Beat It" from Thriller (1982) and a guitar solo played by Steve Stevens. "Dirty Diana" was written and co-produced by Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones. The song's lyrics pertain to groupies.
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Dirty Diana grew out of Billy Idol, shares an orbit with Bahamadia and The Way You Make Me Feel, went on to shape The Weeknd. 4 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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