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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 January 2025. Song written by Don Black and composed by Walter Scharf For the Adair Lion song, see BEN (song). "Ben" Side A of the Brazilian single Single by Michael Jackson from the album Ben B-side "You Can Cry on My Shoulder" Released July 12, 1972 Recorded November 1971 Genre Pop adult ...
Ben was released on June 23, 1972 by Cinerama Releasing Corporation. Much like its predecessor, it was met with mixed reviews. American singer Michael Jackson performs the theme song of the film, also titled "Ben". The song is also included on his 1972 album of the same name.
The album's songs have tempos ranging from 69 beats per minute on "Ben", to 130 on "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day". [ 10 ] The album's title track , the theme song for the 1972 film of the same name (itself the sequel to the 1971 killer rat film Willard ), won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song , losing to " The ...
Willard offers Ben and the rats food, which he mixes with pesticide. Ben sniffs the pesticide box and squeals loudly, alerting the others. Willard chases Ben upstairs, cornering him in a storage room. He barricades the door against the other rats, leaving Ben to face him alone. While Ben eludes Willard's attacks, the rats gnaw through the door.
Willard is a 2003 American psychological horror film written and directed by Glen Morgan and starring Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey and Laura Elena Harring.It is loosely based on the novel Ratman's Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert, as well as on the novel's first film adaptation, Willard (1971), and its sequel, Ben (1972).
Ben, a rat in the novel Ratman's Notebooks, films Willard and Ben, and theme song sung by Michael Jackson on his LP Ben Benjamin Florian/Ben, a protagonist of the Descendants franchise (2015–2019) Gentle Ben , a bear featured in an eponymous 1965 novel, and in television and movie adaptations
The song concerns the singer's near success at shooting dice, a police raid, and a judge who is supposedly a fishing buddy of the singer, who nevertheless sends him up the river for gambling. Aside from being a major crossover hit, "When You're Hot, You're Hot" earned Reed the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male .
Michael Jackson scored numerous number-one hits as a solo artist, beginning with "Ben" in 1972. In 2020, Busta Rhymes released a song titled “Look Over Your Shoulders” featuring vocals from Kendrick Lamar, sampling “I’ll Be There”. The song was remixed by Wayne Wilkins for the 2009 release The Remix Suite.