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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 ...
American singer Michael Jackson released 67 singles as a lead artist, ... Billie Jean" was the album's second single. ... "Billie Jean" 1983 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1
Lydia Murdock is an American pop singer. [1] She is best known for her answer song to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", known as "Superstar", where she portrayed Billie Jean saying that she's "mad as hell" in the song's lyrics. The song was a hit, peaking at #14 in the UK in October 1983. [1]
Among the music the pair released includes "Billie Jean," "Bad," "Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough" and of course "Thriller," whose album became one of the bestselling albums of all time.
Every Breath You Take" by The Police (singer Sting pictured) was the number one song of 1983. Michael Jackson (pictured) had five songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1983. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1983. [1] [2]
Jackson pushed back, wanting to perform a solo song called “Billie Jean.” Mischer recalls the tense moment: “Look, if we let Michael do a new song, who’s going to take the phone call from ...
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 ]
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]