is brightened by an immediately memorable, sing-along chorus. Of course, much speculation surrounds the identity of the "mystery girl" who chats and groans in the background. Any ideas?" Clark and DeVaney from Cash Box commented, "Okay, we heard this song when the album first came out, except it only was the one mix, this CD-single contains seven mixes of various lengths totaling almost 45 minutes of the same whispering, whining, heavy breathing and mouth noises that seem to make perfect sense when considering it's Michael Jackson doing a song called "In the Closet." To find out what the hell it's all about, we'll have to watch the video premiere on Fox after The Simpsons." Also American essayist and music journalist Robert Christgau observed of the parent album, "he's hawking the most credible sex-and-romance of his career. ‘In the Closet’ implores his mystery woman to keep their—get this--"lust" behind closed doors. Soon he's going wild, or fabricating desperate nostalgia for their used-to-be." The Daily Vault's Michael R. Smith called it a "tongue-firmly-in-cheek hit". Pan-European magazine Music & Media stated that the song "is aimed at fast footwork reminiscent of his sister Janet's style." A reviewer from People Magazine complimented the "catchy chorus" as an "appealing element". Alan Light of Rolling Stone said "we get repressed lust in the titillatingly titled (and determinedly heterosexual)" song. He added that it has a "snaky, unexpected bridge." Music video The accompanying sepia colored music video for "In the Closet" was directed by Herb Ritts and features Jackson performing sensual dance routines with supermodel Naomi Campbell. The spoken vocals by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco were re-recorded by Campbell for the video. The short film was shot in late March 1992 in Salton Sea, California and premiered on April 23, 1992. The video was later published by Vevo on YouTube in 2010, and had generated more than 73 million views as of January 2023. Formats and track listings In the Closet (UK single) "In the Closet" (7" Edit) – 4:49 "In the Closet" (Club Mix) – 8:00 "In the Closet" (The Underground Mix) – 5:32 "In the Closet" (Touch Me Dub) – 7:53 "In the Closet" (KI's 12") – 6:55 "In the Closet" (The Promise) – 7:18 In the Closet (US CD Single 49K74267) "In the Closet" (Club Edit) – 4:07 "In the Closet" (The Underground Mix) – 5:34 "In the Closet" (The Promise) – 7:20 "In