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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 ...
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever is a 1983 television special, produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown (founded in January 1959), to commemorate its 25th anniversary. The program was taped before a live audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983, [1] and broadcast on NBC on May 16.
"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 ...
One of the best-selling artists of all time, Michael Jackson has sold over 500 million records worldwide. [1] In the United States, Jackson amassed 13 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era) and was the first artist to have a top-ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades. [ 2 ]
"Billie Jean" remained atop the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks, before being toppled by "Come On Eileen", which stayed at No. 1 for a single week, before Jackson reclaimed the position with "Beat It". [8] [34] "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" occupied top 5 positions at the same time, a feat matched by very few artists.
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 ...
In October 2011, Sony Music announced that the soundtrack to Cirque du Soleil's show Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour entitled Immortal. [1]"Immortal Megamix" became the debut track from this album, which was composed of four of Jackson's greatest hits—"Can You Feel It", "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", "Billie Jean" and "Black or White".
Michael Jackson Glen Ballard Siedah Garrett: Choir arrangement by Andrae Crouch "Leave Me Alone" 1987: Bad: Michael Jackson: Released on later reissues and on the CD edition of Bad (1987) "Liberian Girl" 1987: Bad: Michael Jackson: Spoken part by Letta Mbulu; Evolved from "Pyramid Girl" which was written in 1983 for the Jacksons' Victory album ...