Billie Jean Lyrics by Michael Jackson

The song Billie Jean was released on January 3, 1983 by Michael Jackson. The song was taken from his hit music album Thriller. The style of art music is based on Funk, Dance pop. "Billie Jean" song is an second music from that music album. The song has received double platinum by RIAA. The song was selling over 5 million of records worldwide and reached number 1 position on many countries musical charts.

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Music video for the song

The Music video for the song was directed by Steve Barron and lonely performed by Jackson. In 1983, the music videos were many times played on MTV. The music video has reached better on many musical video charts. The video of the song has been taken from his live musical stage shows. Particularly, the song was topped on US Pop Singles chart and Hot R&B/Hip- Hop Songs chart. In UK Singles chart, the song was peaked at 11th position. The song was re-released on 1991 and in 2006.The music video has been contain Michael Jackson’s “sidewalk”, “moonwalk” and some of special disco dance movements.

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Personals from the Song

The lyrics of the song was written by Michael Jackson and labeled by Epic Music Records. The song was produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson. Lead vocal and background vocals by Michael Jackson.Drums by Leon, Bass by Johnson,Guitar by David Williams, Synthesizer by Greg and Synthesizer Programming by Bill Wolfer.

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Cover of the Song

In 1995, the song has covered by German music band’s “The Bates” music album and also covered on Black Street, Revelations and Carry On music albums. The song was also covered by Turkish Dolapdere Big Gang’s music album “Local Strangers” in 2006. The song also appeared on Hitchcock’s film “Psycho”.

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Chart Presentation and Musical Awards

In US Billboard Hot 100 music chart, the song was topped number 1 position. One of the best music magazine Rolling Stone gave 4th position on their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 1980s. In 2005, The Blender magazine stated about “the song is greatest hit music” on 1980. The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll alos declared about “ the song is an maximun voted music single of the year”. In 1984, The song was nominated for Grammy Awards and won two awards for Best Male R&B Vocal Song Performance and Best New Rhythm & Blues Song of the year.

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About the Music Album

The music album “Thriller” is a sixth studio album by Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982. The music album has include 9 songs and seven of the songs were reacehed better on many music charts. The music album was sold 100 million recoreds widely.Totally, the muisc album has received 27X platinum by RIAA and double Diamond in US. The music album was reached number 1 position on Australia, Argentina, Mexico,Japan,New Zealand,Spain, Brazil,German,France and Canada musical charts.The music album was inducted into Guinness Book of World Record on 2007. Edit

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