History Music / RememberTheTime

A music video for the single was released on February 2, 1992. Directed by Creator/JohnSingleton, the 9 minute video continued Jackson's trend of having elaborate, short film-esque music videos for his singles and featured a star-studded cast which included Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/{{Iman}}, and famed basketball star Magic Johnson, amongst others. The video tells the tale of UsefulNotes/RamsesII trying to appease his [[RichBoredom bored]] queen by bringing in entertainers. One of those entertainers is a mystical sorcerer (Jackson) who has a previous romantic past with the Queen, revealed when he sings this LoveNostalgiaSong to her. Angered by the blatant flirting, Pharoah Ramses orders for him to be killed, and the sorcerer has to flee from armed guards, eventually escaping using his magic.

* CatsAreMagic: Cats are littered around the Pharoah's court as both a nod to the TruthInTelevision history of cat veneration in Ancient Egypt and to this trope. Notably, when the sorceror turns into sand and escapes at the end of the video, the camera focuses on a cat that follows the sand, as a subtle nod to the relationship between cats and magic.

* ConceptVideo: The song is a simple LoveNostalgiaSong about a past love. The video is about Pharoah Ramses's Queen's past love by a mysterious sorcerer and their brief reuniting.

* {{Guyliner}}: All over the place, but most noticeable when Magic Johnson's court announcer is introduced and a close up shows his eyes are rimmed with black kohl liner. Justified in that wearing kohl around the eyes was the real life trend of the day for those associated with the pharoahdom.

* MysteriousStranger: Unlike Pyro and The Stick Man who are properly announced to the Queen and the Pharoah, Jackson as the sorceror is brought in front of them without announcement, dressed in a BlackCloak that completely obscures his features. Subverted after the sorcerer reveals himself and begins singing to the Queen about their shared history, indicating that he isn't ''really'' a stranger to her at all.

* WanderingMinstrel: The sorcerer falls into this as a mysterious person from unknown lands who has come to the Pharoah's court to sing a song of love. Though, instead of a song of CourtlyLove, he sings a LoveNostalgiaSong directed at the Pharoah's Queen, who seems all too interested.

"Remember the Time" is the second single from Music/MichaelJackson's album ''Music/{{Dangerous}}''. The song, composed by [[Music/{{Guy}} Teddy Riley]], one of the men responsible for the NewJackSwing sound, is about a person reminiscing about their courtship and romance with a past lover. The song was well received by critics and the public alike, charting number one in several different countries and is certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry of America.

* {{Guyliner}}: All over the place, but most noticeable when Magic Johnson's court announcer is introduced and a close shows his eyes are rimmed with black kohl liner.

* CastingGag: Creator/EddieMurphy portrays UsefulNotes/RamsesII of Egypt, a powerful ruler from an African country. Four years earlier, he portrayed a prince from the fictional African country Zamunda in ''Film/ComingToAmerica''.

* MagicalBarefooter: Subverted for Jackson's character, being one of the few who has footwear. Apparently this was because he was so used to dancing in shoes that he had difficulty performing up to [[ThePerfectionist his standards]] barefoot.

* MonochromeCasting: Besides ''maybe'' 1 or 2 background actors, the entire cast including the backup dancers are black. Given that the racial makeup of Ancient Egypt is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_race_controversy a rather hot-button issue]] to this day (the modern concept of race not really existing in Ancient Egypt to begin with), the historical accuracy of the portrayal is [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment better left to discussion elsewhere]].

A music video for the single was released on February 2, 1992. Directed by Creator/JohnSingleton, the 9 minute video continued Jackson's trend of having elaborate, short film-esque music videos for his singles and featured a star-studded cast which included Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/{{Iman}}, and famed basketball star Magic Johnson, amongst others. The video tells the tale of UsefulNotes/RamsesII trying to appease his [[RichBoredom bored]] queen by bringing in entertainers. One of those entertainers is a mystical sorcerer (Jackson) who has a previous romantic past with the Queen, revealed when he sings this LoveNostalgiaSong to her. Angered by the blatant flirting, Pharoah Ramses, orders for him to be killed and the sorceror has to flee from armed guards, eventually escaping using his magic.

* MysteriousStranger: Unlike Pyro and The Stick Man who are properly announced to the Queen and the Pharoah, Jackson as the sorceror is brought in front of them without announcement, dressed in a BlackCloak that completely obscures his features. Subverted after the sorceror reveals himself and begins singing to the Queen about their shared history, indicating that he isn't ''really'' a stranger to her at all.

* SandBlaster: The sorceror seems to have some power related to sand. He's able to transform his image if he steps on a pile of black sand he carries and can change himself into a golden sand seemingly at will, as he does at the end of the video to evade capture.

* WanderingMinstrel: The sorceror falls into this as a mysterious person from unknown lands who has come to the Pharoah's court to sing a song of love. Though, instead of a song of CourtlyLove, he sings a LoveNostalgiaSong directed at the Pharoah's Queen, who seems all too interested.

* DefrostingIceQueen: The Queen's demeanor is initially frostier than a tundra, and is very hard to please; swiftly ordering the execution of two court entertainers who failed to impress her. But when [[OldFlame the sorcerer]] shows up and reveals himself, her attitude takes a quick one-eighty.
* FedToTheBeast: The Queen orders the first entertainer to be fed to the lions when he fails to successfully entertain her with his juggling.

* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: Before Jackson appears, we are shown the failed performers before him which feature a juggler and a fire eater, both of whom the Queen orders to be killed for failing to keep her entertained.

A music video for the single was released on February 2, 1992. Directed by Creator/JohnSingleton, the 9 minute video continued Jackson's trend of having elaborate, short film-esque music videos for his singles and featured a star-studded cast which included Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/{{Iman}}, and famed basketball star Magic Johnson, amongst others. The video tells the tale of UsefulNotes/RamsesII trying to appease his [[RichBoredom bored]] queen by bringing in entertainers. One of those entertainers is a mystical sorcerer (Jackson). He sings and flirts with the Queen, much to the dismay of Pharoah Ramses, who orders for him to be killed.

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