Jackson first visited Africa in 1974 with the Jackson 5, a visit that inspired his "Bad" single "Liberian Girl".&lt;ref name="Shields/OkayAfrica"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; Along with Jackson compositions such as "Heal the World" and "We Are the World", fans from Liberia found the song uplifting and his message resonated there in a climate of civil war and .