Directed by Jim Yukich, the video for the song featured many of Jackson's celebrity friends who wait on the set to film the music video for "Liberian Girl", only to discover he was filming them all along. As named in the closing titles, featured in the video are (in order of appearance):

Beverly Johnson
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (as Malcolm Jamal Warner)
Sherman Hemsley
Brigitte Nielsen
Paula Abdul
Carl Weathers
Whoopi Goldberg
Quincy Jones
Jackie Collins
Amy Irving
Jasmine Guy
Rosanna Arquette
Billy Dee Williams
Lou Diamond Phillips
Olivia Newton-John
John Travolta
Corey Feldman
Steven Spielberg
Debbie Gibson
Rick Schroder (as Rick Schroeder)
Blair Underwood
"Weird Al" Yankovic (as Weird Al Yankovic)
Bubbles
Suzanne Somers
Lou Ferrigno
Don King and "Son"
Mayim Bialik
Virginia Madsen
David Copperfield
Richard and Emily Dreyfuss
Danny Glover
Olivia Hussey
Dan Aykroyd
Steve Guttenberg