《Behind the Mask》（面具之后）是流行之王 Michael Jackson于2010年12月14日推出的全新专辑《Michael》中的单曲之一。据内部人士透露，迈克尔的新专辑相当强劲，《Behind the Mask》是他最喜欢新专辑上的歌曲之一。他声称，“一旦你听过，旋律就会萦绕在你脑海里，忘不掉。” 迈克尔·杰克逊（Michael Jackson）写过许多歌，也录过许多歌，其中很多都未发行。未发行作品中最著名，也最珍贵的录音，也许是他的《面具背后》（Behind The Mask）。最初的有背景合唱的器乐版本是由“黄色魔法管弦乐队”（Yellow Magic Orchestra）制作，收录在他们1979年的专辑《固态幸存者》（Solid State Survivor）中，创作者为克里斯·摩斯代尔（Chris Mosdell）和坂本龙一（Ryuichi Sakamoto） 。昆西·琼斯（Quincy Jones）在《颤栗》(Thirller)时期（一说为Off The Wall时期）听了黄色魔法管弦乐队的版本后，介绍给了迈克尔。 "Behind the Mask" is a song included on American recording artist Michael Jackson's posthumous album Michael. It was adapted by Jackson from the single by Yellow Magic Orchestra for Thriller in 1982, but was not included on that album. The song was released by Epic Records on February 21, 2011 as the third single from Michael. Shanice provides background vocals on the song. In February 2011, the song was released as a single in France. The song received mainly positive reviews from music critics. Jody Rosen from Rolling Stone called the song "a fiercely funky cousin to "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' ." Dan Martin from NME thought the song was "an absolute revelation, a swirl of psychedelic, orchestra-twinged R&B", and said "Jackson howls a solid-gold melody at his fearsome best, and blippy production and robotic backing vocals dancing behind it." Jason Lipshutz with Gail Mitchell and Gary Graff from Billboard thought the song was "a must-listen songs on Michael", and it "holds the highest number of Jackson's signature 'hee-hee!' exclaims". Joe Pareles from New York Times said, the song was originally a 1979 hit by Ryuichi Sakamoto’s group Yellow Magic Orchestra with Jackson's lyrics about a coldhearted woman, but the final version which was completed by Mr. McClain was mixed with applause and squeals from concert crowds from Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour DVD. Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly thought the song seemed "oddly dated by sax flourishes — though perhaps that makes it a good companion to the lilting closer Much Too Soon, an actual relic of the early ’80s". The author of the forthcoming book, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson, Joe Vogel thought John McClain's update to the song was skillful, making it sound brand new and retro at the same time. And he thought the song is "definitely one of the highlights of the album". Negative review comes from Carl Cortez of Assignment X, he said the version on the 7" single version "is an 'edit' version here (not even a true remix) so it's at least shorter than the album version which is the only thing that makes it better." (wiki)