Она ушла из моей жизни (She's Out of My Life)

1980 single by Michael Jackson

"She's Out of My Life" is a song written by American songwriter Tom Bahler and performed by American singer Michael Jackson. The song was released as the fourth single from Jackson's 1979 album Off the Wall released in April 1980. In 2004, the song appeared in The Ultimate Collection. It peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the first time any solo artist had ever achieved four Top 10 hits from one album. In America, it earned a million selling Platinum certification. The demo version of the song, which features Jackson singing with a guitar, was released on the second disc of the 2009 album Michael Jackson's This Is It. The song has also been covered by a variety of artists, including Patti LaBelle, Shirley Bassey, Ginuwine, 98°, S Club 7, Barbara Mandrell, Daniel Evans, Nina, Willie Nelson, Josh Groban, Gloria Lynne, and Karel Gott.

Unlike the album's previous singles, which are all uptempo dance oriented funk and disco songs, "She's Out of My Life" is an emotional ballad. The song has a tempo of 66 beats per minute, making it one of Jackson's slowest songs. The song is about a painful breakup. It has been claimed that Bahler wrote the song about Karen Carpenter, whom Bahler had briefly dated. However, he has stated, "The fact is, I had already written that song by the time Karen and I became romantic. That song was written more about Rhonda Rivera Rhonda and I had been together for two years, and it was after we broke up that I started dating Karen."

AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the song an "overwrought ballad" but praised Jackson's "blindingly gifted" singing on the track. Rolling Stone editor Stephen Holden praised: "The singer's ultradramatic phrasing, which takes huge emotional risks and wins every time, wrings the last drop of pathos from Tom Bahler's tear jerker, "She's Out of My Life." Cash Box said it has a "feathery, symphonic opening, muted keyboard work and tearful vocal reading."

A music video was produced to promote the song, which showed Michael in a blue green shirt, dark pants, and sitting on a barstool with a spotlight shining behind him. The video uses a split screen technique to simultaneously show Jackson from two different angles during the second and third verses. It was directed by Bruce Gowers, who also directed a similar video for Jackson's previous single "Rock with You". The video is shown far less frequently than Jackson's later videos, but it is included on the DVD box set Michael Jackson's Vision, marking its first DVD release.

The song was performed during the Jacksons' Triumph Tour and Victory Tour. It was also performed on Jackson's Bad tour, the Dangerous World Tour, and the Royal Brunei concert, which also turned out to be the final live performance of the song, as whilst it was rehearsed for the HIStory World Tour, it was removed from the setlist just before the tour began. The song was also rehearsed as a duet with a female backup vocalist for the first "Michael Jackson & Friends" charity concert in Seoul, South Korea, but cancelled for the final performance, which took place ten years to the day before Jackson's death. Usually during these performances, Jackson would replace the line "it's out of my hands" with "it's can I come down there?" He would then bring a female audience member up on stage with him while performing the song. Before concluding the song by singing the final word "life", he would often pause briefly to physically display distress, which he amplified by shielding his face and acting as if he were crying. He would also do that gesture near the end of I'll Be There during The Jackson 5 Medley. The live performances of the song were featured on the Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour and Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 DVDs. Live audio is available in the Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 CD, included as a bonus on Bad 25, and the 1981 live album, The Jacksons Live!

"She's Out of My Life" was notably covered as a duet by American country music artists Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke. For the duet, the song was re titled to "He's Out of My Life". The pair began recording together when Fricke appeared as a background vocalist on several of Duncan's late 1970s country hits. Her uncredited background vocals led to her own contract with Duncan's label (Columbia Records). In 1980, Duncan and Fricke went into the studio to record their first studio album as a duet pair. Their sessions that year also included "He's Out of My Life". It was recorded at the Columbia Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The session took place in May 1980 and was produced by Billy Sherrill.

In August 1980, "She's My Out of My Life" was released as a single on Columbia Records, crediting both Duncan and Fricke. The track also reached Canada's RPM Country Songs chart where it also reached the top 20, peaking at number 20 in 1980. "He's Out of My Life" was later released on Duncan and Fricke's album Nice 'n' Easy. The album was released in October 1980.

Comedian Eddie Murphy sang a few bars from "She's Out of My Life" while imitating Jackson during his 1983 stand up comedy special Delirious. After the mock tears, he closed it by saying "Tito, get me some tissue " "Jermaine, stop teasing". Comedian Richard Jeni sang part of the song when imitating an all love song radio station during his stand up show, "Platypus Man". Dave Lister (Craig Charles) sang the first few bars as a lament to Kristine Kochanski during the Red Dwarf episode "Marooned". He claims it to be the first song he learned how to play on the guitar. In the end credits of the 2001 film Monsters, Inc., Mike Wazowski parodies the song as "She's Out Of Your Hair", sitting atop a stool during a play about the events of the film.