Claim: Michael Jackson wrote a song.

`` The Way You Make Me Feel '' is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson . It was written and composed by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones . Released by Epic Records in November 1987 , it was the third single from Jackson 's seventh studio album Bad .   Aside from appearing on Jackson 's Bad album , the song has also been featured on the first disc of Jackson 's compilation album HIStory : Past , Present and Future , Book I in 1995 , Number Ones in 2003 , The Ultimate Collection in 2004 , The Essential Michael Jackson in 2005 , Visionary : The Video Singles in 2006 and This Is It in 2009 . `` The Way You Make Me Feel '' has been covered by multiple recording artists .   The song received positive reviews from contemporary critics . `` The Way You Make Me Feel '' became Bad 's third consecutive single to peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 , and charted mainly within the top ten and twenty internationally . A music video for `` The Way You Make Me Feel '' was released at the time showing Jackson pursuing and dancing with former model Tatiana Thumbtzen . Since the music video 's release , it has become influential on other artists ' material . The song has been performed on all of Jackson 's world concert tours as a solo artist , and was planned to have been performed during the This Is It concerts from 2009 to 2010 . Notable live performances of the song by Jackson include a performance at the 1988 Grammy Awards ceremony .