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"Price of Fame" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was originally planned to be the theme for a Pepsi commercial but was replaced by an edited version of "Bad". [2] It was released on the Bad 25 album. Later, the Pepsi version was released online on 2015. [3]
The first international popstar to become a spokesperson for the drink was Michael Jackson, who along with his brothers (The Jackson 5) advertised Pepsi for "the new generation" in an advertisement featuring a reworking of his song "Billie Jean". However, when filming a second advertisement in 1984, a pyrotechnics stunt went wrong and badly ...
Bob Giraldi was the director of the Michael Jackson: Pepsi New Generation ad that was released in 1984. [7] During the shooting of the commercial, an accident with the pyrotechnics caused Jackson's hair to light on fire and caused second-degree burns to his scalp. [8]
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, ... administered due to the Pepsi commercial accident in 1984, ...
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.
"I used to joke about Michael Jackson: 'Why does he want to follow everything I do?'" the actor says, chuckling. "You know, I did a Dr Pepper campaign, and he had a whole Pepsi campaign .
Jackson had reworked "Billie Jean" for the commercial and titled it "Pepsi Generation". The song was used as the official jingle for the commercials and released as a 7" promo single. The launch of "The Choice of a New Generation" campaign in February 1984 was attended by 1,600 people who were issued with a programme and the 7" single. [ 67 ]
Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you. [1] This 1939 jingle focused on the simple proposition that Pepsi was just as good as Coke, but better value. The Pepsi Generation campaign represented a major shift away from that line of thinking; rather than being just as good as Coke, Pepsi was different from Coke. The Pepsi Generation and its associated ...