Talon July 14th, 2009 09:47PM  

Hmmm...he's talking about New York, going out, being young and restless, getting some action, loving the city :)

musiclover63 August 11th, 2009 07:27PM  

I agree with talon. I was about how he felt when he spent time in New York on his own when he did the wiz. he was saying it was human nature to want to enjoy everything New York had to offer when you are young and free to roam its streets.

anonymous August 16th, 2009 02:37PM  

"Human Nature" was written by Steve Porcaro of Toto and John Bettis for Michael Jackson's Thriller album. Initially, Porcaro recorded a rough demo of the song on a cassette.[1] Fellow Toto band member David Paich then gave the demo, along with two songs written by Paich, to producer Quincy Jones, hoping they would be included on Thriller.[1] Jones didn't like Paich's songs, but enjoyed the rough demo of "Human Nature" at the end of the cassette.[1] Jones explained, "All of a sudden, at the end, there was all this silence, there was: 'why, why, dah dah da-dum dah dah, why, why'. Just a dummy lyric and a very skeletal thing—I get goosebumps talking about it. I said, 'This is where we wanna go, because it's got such a wonderful flavour'".[2] The producer asked if the song could be included on Jackson's album, to which Porcaro and Bettis agreed.[1] "Human Nature" was the last song selected for Thriller, ousting "Carousel" from the final track listing.[1]

anonymous August 31st, 2009 11:46AM  

He's talking about one night stands.
"Reaching out
I touch her shoulder
I’m dreaming of the street
If they say
Why, why Tell ’em that it’s human nature"
He's so totally talking bout sum girl he picked up in the streets...and he was lovin it...lil horny kid that time he was....
""See that girl
She knows I’m watching
She likes the way I stare
If they say......""

Piper October 25th, 2009 07:03AM  

Yes, this song really isn't about sex; it's about wanderlust and being in love with the City, especially when it takes on a life of its own at night. It's the CITY that calls to him after dark with "sweet seducing sighs," beckoning him out to the streets; away, perhaps, even from someone waiting for him at home. ("'Why, why does he do me that way?'") The sights, the smells, the sounds: he bathes his senses in the City. "That girl" he sees is just a small part of the night experience, not the point of it. It's The Street that he dreams of; not The Girl, or A Girl, or even The Game.

Enough "love" songs/anthems have been written about the Big Apple--and plenty of other cities that have taken on a mystical quality for some of us (I'd probably write one about London)--showcasing similar feelings... but some people just wouldn't understand ("If THEY say 'Why? Why?' Tell 'em [THEM, plural] that is human nature...").