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List of music videos during the 1970s Title Year Other performer(s) credited Director(s) Description Ref(s) "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" 1979 None Nick Saxton: The singer's first music video as a solo artist shows a smiling Jackson dancing and singing "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" in a black and white tuxedo with a black bow tie while appearing chroma keyed over a background of abstract ...
Michael Jackson's Thriller is the music video for the song "Thriller" by the American singer Michael Jackson, released on December 2, 1983. It was directed by John Landis, written by Jackson and Landis, and stars Jackson and Ola Ray. It references numerous horror films and has Jackson dancing with a horde of zombies.
Jackson released "Thriller", a 14-minute music video directed by John Landis, in 1983. [517] The zombie-themed video "defined music videos and broke racial barriers" on MTV, which had launched two years earlier. [38] Before Thriller, Jackson struggled to receive coverage on MTV, allegedly because he was African American. [518]
In 2009, it became the first music video inducted into the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant. [15] As of September 30, 2024, the video has one billion views on YouTube. It is the fourth Michael Jackson music video to break the milestone and can be watched in 4K.
The music video for "Bad" premiered in a TV special, Michael Jackson: The Magic Returns, on CBS during prime time on August 31, 1987. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and co-starred Wesley Snipes in one of his first appearances.
Dangerous: The Short Films is a collection of music videos from the Dangerous album by Michael Jackson released initially on VHS, LaserDisc and double Video CD (in Asia market only) in 1993 and reissued on DVD in 2000. It was re-packaged with Dangerous in a two disc set in 2008.
The music video was filmed in Los Angeles, California and the helicopter scene in the video was filmed at the Neverland Ranch. [ 1 ] It begins with Jackson in what seems to be a hotel, singing about his girlfriend portrayed by English model Yasmin Le Bon .
The music video (or "short film") for "Say Say Say" was filmed in October 1983 and was directed by Bob Giraldi, who had previously directed Michael Jackson's music video for "Beat It". [45] Cameo appearances in the video are made by McCartney's then wife Linda , as well as Jackson's older sister La Toya .