Michael Jackson wrote a song.
`` Black or White '' is a single by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson . Michael Jackson . Jackson 's 1987 album Bad spawned the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles `` I Just Ca n't Stop Loving You '' , `` Bad '' , `` The Way You Make Me Feel '' , `` Man in the Mirror '' , and `` Dirty Diana '' , becoming the first album to have five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 . The Way You Make Me Feel . It was written and composed by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones .