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"Billie Jean" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on January 3, 1983, as the second single from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982). It was written and composed by Jackson, produced by Quincy Jones, and co-produced by Jackson. "Billie Jean" blends post-disco, R&B, funk, and dance-pop. The lyrics ...
"Billie Jean" was one of the first music videos by a black artist to be shown on MTV, which hitherto had been a channel directed toward a white, rock-oriented audience. [118] Although the song was already a number one hit on the Billboard charts, [119] MTV initially refused to play the video because of the network's commitment to rock music. [118]
In "Billie Jean", Jackson sings about an obsessive fan who alleges he fathered her child; in "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" he argues against media gossip. [29] [28] For "Billie Jean", Jones had Jackson sing overdubs through a six-foot (180 cm) cardboard tube and brought in jazz saxophonist Tom Scott to play the lyricon, a wind-controlled ...
"Billie Jean" 2011: Barton Hollow: The Unseen "Beat It" 1999: So This Is Freedom? The Impossibles "Ben" 1999: Anthology [83] The Lost Fingers "Billie Jean" 2008: Lost in the 80s: Three Days Grace "Give In to Me" 2012: Transit of Venus: The Bates "Billie Jean" 1995: Billie Jean: Tuck Andress "Man in the Mirror" 1990: Reckless Precision [84 ...
"Billie Jean" and "Beat It" occupied top 5 positions at the same time, a feat matched by very few artists. The single remained at the top of the Hot 100 for a total of three weeks. [7] The song also charted at No. 1 on the US R&B singles chart and No. 14 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart in the US. [8] Billboard ranked it at the No. 5 song for ...
In the summer of ‘74, new pals Billie Jean King and Elton John were driving together to one of Elton’s concerts when the rock ‘n’ roll superstar told her that he wanted to write a song ...
[48] Jon Pareles of The New York Times noted that "'Billie Jean', 'Beat It', 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' ' and "the movie in the song 'Thriller'", were the songs, unlike the "fluff" "P.Y.T.", that were "the hits that made Thriller a world-beater; along with Mr. Jackson's stage and video presence, listeners must have identified with his ...
Billie Eilish unexpectedly dethroned Sabrina Carpenter’s track “Espresso” as Spotify’s most-streamed song in 2024. According to Variety, “Espresso” had a total of 1,774,525,704 listens ...