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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 ...
Following the successful Thriller singles "The Girl Is Mine" and "Billie Jean", "Beat It" was released on February 21, 1983, as the album's third single. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, staying there for three weeks. [8] It also charted at number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart. [9] Billboard ranked the song No. 5 ...
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.
The May 16, 1983 broadcast was produced and directed by Don Mischer, who has helped orchestrate other historic moments over the years, including the opening ceremony for the 1996 Olympic Games ...
The "Billie Jean" music video debuted on March 10, 1983, on MTV. [74] It brought MTV—until then a fairly new and unknown music channel—to mainstream attention. It was one of the first videos by a black artist to be aired regularly by the channel, as the network's executives felt black music was not " rock " enough. [ 75 ]
Jackson's sixth album, Thriller, was released in November 1982 and spent months at the top of the Billboard 200, backed by successful videos for the singles "Billie Jean" and "Beat It". In July 1983, after Thriller was displaced from the top of the chart, Jackson's manager, Frank DiLeo , suggested making a music video for "Thriller".
The single was reviewed by James Hamilton in the 30 July 1983 issue of Record Mirror. Reviewer Hamilton was cautiously saying that the song was the first female answer to "Billie Jean". The reviewer also said that the song was surprisingly rather good, and it had a nice story line. [4]
The album Thriller was released in November 1982 on Epic Records and spent months at the top of the Billboard 200. [15] "Thriller" was not initially planned for release as a single, as Epic saw it as a novelty song. [16] The Epic executive Walter Yetnikoff asked: "Who wants a single about monsters?" [15] By mid-1983, sales of the album had ...