May 18Congrats to the king
Long Live
May 18·edited·1 replyIt’ll block iceman btw
May 18·1 replyNot for long 🧊 🧊 🧊
Earnning ur first billboard #1 40 years after your debut is nothing to run home about
- OPMay 18·3 replies
Meanwhile in America
Stankie 🪑May 18·1 replyPAINMANMeanwhile in America
https://twitter.com/popbase/status/2056428722949857772Shes from texas i can telllllll
May 18·3 repliesHas a good case for best song ever made
May 18·2 replieskurapikaHas a good case for best song ever made
I fr think the concept of the song doesn’t get enough praise
May 18·2 repliesnotmyfirstI fr think the concept of the song doesn’t get enough praise
Wasn't it part of the emergency thriller tracks that were put on last minute
May 18·1 replybanger still to this day
May 18Lets get itbanger still to this day
May 18his first?
May 18·edited·4 repliesCRACKASTEPPAVEGANWasn't it part of the emergency thriller tracks that were put on last minute
No - the song was mixed 91 times, so was always making the album.
Fun fact - the lead vocal is a single take.
Michael knew it would be a hit and fought for its inclusion.
Quincy wanted to cut the intro, felt it was too long but MJ fought for it, as he wanted that time to dance.
Here's one of the rare home demos (not the usually released one) that shows the song's evolution from Michael's original compositions vs finished version
- May 18·2 repliesKingOfPop· edited
No - the song was mixed 91 times, so was always making the album.
Fun fact - the lead vocal is a single take.
Michael knew it would be a hit and fought for its inclusion.
Quincy wanted to cut the intro, felt it was too long but MJ fought for it, as he wanted that time to dance.
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkMrtBlCbgHere's one of the rare home demos (not the usually released one) that shows the song's evolution from Michael's original compositions vs finished version
as soon as someone told me mike blended his vocals to the synths at the beginning i lost my s*** man
perfectionist
- May 18·1 replyKingOfPop· edited
No - the song was mixed 91 times, so was always making the album.
Fun fact - the lead vocal is a single take.
Michael knew it would be a hit and fought for its inclusion.
Quincy wanted to cut the intro, felt it was too long but MJ fought for it, as he wanted that time to dance.
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkMrtBlCbgHere's one of the rare home demos (not the usually released one) that shows the song's evolution from Michael's original compositions vs finished version
Very interesting lore
- May 18·2 repliesLets get it
as soon as someone told me mike blended his vocals to the synths at the beginning i lost my s*** man
perfectionist
Oh absolutely.. this is a great breakdown of the multitracks.
MJs songs were always so layered + complex yet sounded so simple and pleasing to the ear
May 18The kid is not my son
May 18Some things never change
May 18·1 replyOnly real music gonna last
- May 18·1 replyCRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
Very interesting lore
Yeah, I always found the intro story fascinating. It was the dance to this song that eventually skyrocketed Thriller and debuted the Moonwalk.
May 18·1 replyKingOfPopNo - the song was mixed 91 times, so was always making the album.
Fun fact - the lead vocal is a single take.
Michael knew it would be a hit and fought for its inclusion.
Quincy wanted to cut the intro, felt it was too long but MJ fought for it, as he wanted that time to dance.
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkMrtBlCbgHere's one of the rare home demos (not the usually released one) that shows the song's evolution from Michael's original compositions vs finished version
craziest part of this was i'm pretty sure they went with mix 2?
- May 18·1 replyKingOfPop
Yeah, I always found the intro story fascinating. It was the dance to this song that eventually skyrocketed Thriller and debuted the Moonwalk.
Watching that 83 live performance of the song and I'm always asking myself how the hell does one have vocal control while moving like that
- May 18·2 repliesMark Moschino
craziest part of this was i'm pretty sure they went with mix 2?
Yeah, that's correct - mix 2 of 91 lmao
- May 18CRACKASTEPPAVEGAN
Watching that 83 live performance of the song and I'm always asking myself how the hell does one have vocal control while moving like that
The Motown 25 performance was lip synced given the occasion + promotion
MJ preferred this because it was giving the audience what they were familiar with (the song as they had it on the LP). One of his engineers discussed a conversation they had with him, and MJs interesting opinion on performing live using what the audience were familiar with.
Billie Jean was still performed entirely live 200+ times though so he must've been convinced by someone at some point lol
- May 18KingOfPop
Yeah, that's correct - mix 2 of 91 lmao
it's the double edged sword of perfectionism - something drives you to need 91 mixes, but something also comforts you and reminds you to go with mix 2
May 18KingOfPopNo - the song was mixed 91 times, so was always making the album.
Fun fact - the lead vocal is a single take.
Michael knew it would be a hit and fought for its inclusion.
Quincy wanted to cut the intro, felt it was too long but MJ fought for it, as he wanted that time to dance.
!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkMrtBlCbgHere's one of the rare home demos (not the usually released one) that shows the song's evolution from Michael's original compositions vs finished version
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