Dirty Diana is by Michael Joseph Jackson.
Bad is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson , released on August 31 , 1987 in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records . `` Dirty Diana '' is a song by American artist Michael Jackson . In 2009 , after Jackson 's death in June , the song re-entered charts , mainly due to digital download sales . Michael Joseph Jackson ( August 29 , 1958 -- June 25 , 2009 ) was an American singer , songwriter , record producer , dancer , actor , and philanthropist .