Written and composed by Jackson, Bill Bottrell and Teddy Riley, the song was planned to be released as the tenth single from the album.
Prior to the planned release of the song, "Dangerous" received a positive reaction from contemporary critics in reviews of the track's parent album.
At the subsequent court hearing the judge ruled in favor of Jackson, Bottrell, and Riley, due to lack of evidence; Cartier was refused the right to appeal her case.
"Dangerous" was a song that involved group choreography, similar to "Smooth Criminal", which also appears as part of the mix in later performances.
[4] "The genesis of the songs we co-wrote [for Dangerous]", said Bottrell, "consisted of Jackson humming melodies and grooves, and him then leaving the studio while I developed these ideas with a bunch of drum machines and samplers".
The album's ninth single, "Gone Too Soon", did not perform well in the United Kingdom and Jackson's health deteriorated, which eventually led to the cancellation of the album's tenth single, "Dangerous", but the song was released with "Remember the Time" and "Black or White" on the box set Tour Souvenir Pack.
[4][10][11][12] An alternative version and a remix, entitled "Roger's Rough Dub", were both to be included on a bonus disc of the expanded edition of Dangerous.
"Dangerous" was a song that involved group choreography, similar to "Smooth Criminal", which also appears as part of the mix in later performances.
"[6] Writer Barry Farber noted that the same lyrics "are an excellent representation of how sex can sometimes feel like a powerful biologically driven force.
One of the remixes, "Roger's Rough Dub", was to be included on a bonus disc of the expanded edition of Dangerous, which was eventually shelved.
[4] The majority of Sanchez' original remixes remain unreleased, and are only available on a rare digital audio tape distributed among label executives.