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"'''Stranger in Moscow'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter [[Michael Jackson]] from his ninth studio album, ''[[HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I|HIStory]]''. The song was released as the sixth and final single worldwide on November 4, 1996 by [[Epic Records]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.michaeljackson.com/video/stranger-moscow-video/ |title=Stranger in Moscow |work=Michael Jackson official web site |access-date=May 4, 2022}}</ref>It was not released in the United States until much later on July 7, 1997<ref name="In">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80|title=Michael Jackson's 'Blood'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=1997-06-21|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref>. The track was written in September 1993, while on the [[Dangerous World Tour]] stop in Moscow. An early version of the track's chord structure appears in the video game ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]''; according to conflicting accounts, Jackson and his team composed music for the game before leaving the project.
 
The song's [[music video]] depicts the lives of six individuals, including Jackson, who are left isolated and disconnected from the world around them. "Stranger in Moscow" charted highly in the top 10 of numerous countries music charts worldwide, including Australia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Consequently only peaking at number 91 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], becoming Jackson's lowest peaking on the chart. The song was performed on the [[HIStory World Tour]] in 1996–1997. The song has been covered a few times by other artists.