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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 ...
According to Daryl Hall, during the recording of "We Are the World", Michael Jackson approached him and admitted to lifting the bass line for "Billie Jean" from a Hall & Oates song, apparently referring to "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)." Hall says that he told Jackson that he had lifted the bass line from another song himself, and that it ...
Jackson helped to create the advertisement, and suggested using his song "Billie Jean", with revised lyrics, as its jingle. [ 89 ] On January 27, 1984, Michael and other members of the Jacksons filmed a Pepsi commercial overseen by Phil Dusenberry , [ 90 ] a BBDO ad agency executive, and Alan Pottasch , Pepsi's Worldwide Creative Director, at ...
When working on Thriller, 24-year-old Jackson wrote only four of the tracks himself: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "The Girl Is Mine", "Beat It” and "Billie Jean." The others were selected by ...
Michael Jackson on 'Yesterday, Today, Forever,' which aired in May 16, 1983. ... Mischer and de Passe ended up letting Jackson perform “Billie Jean,” with Mischer volunteering to take the call ...
“Billie Jean” may have been about “just a girl” who was not Michael Jackson’s lover, but the music video for the song has reached a historic milestone. Debuting on MTV in March 1983, the ...
It was Jackson's third music video (after "Billie Jean" and "They Don't Care About Us") to achieve this milestone. [ 59 ] The music video of the song appears on the video albums: Video Greatest Hits – HIStory , HIStory on Film, Volume II , Number Ones , on the bonus DVD of Thriller 25 and Michael Jackson's Vision .
[51] 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 ...