"«Billie Jean»" was the first short film made for 'Thriller,' the biggest-selling album of all time. The short film for this No. 1 single, directed by Steve Barron, made history as the first video by a black artist to receive heavy rotation on MTV, and was later ranked by the network as one of the 100 greatest music videos of all time.
Written & Composed by Michael Jackson
Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions
Co-Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Productions, Inc.
From the album Thriller, released November 30, 1982
Released as a single January 2, 1983
THE SHORT FILM
Director: Steve Barron
Primary Production Location: Los Angeles, California
Michael Jackson's short film for "«Billie Jean»" was the first of three short films produced for recordings from Thriller, which continues its reign as the biggest selling album of all time with worldwide sales in excess of 105 million as of June 1, 2016 and in December, 2015 became the first ever album to be awarded triple diamond status by the RIAA for US sales alone. The "«Billie Jean»" single reached No. 1 in 10 countries in the spring of 1983, including seven consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 — becoming the second-highest selling single in America that same year.
"«Billie Jean»" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on April 4, 1983, and Platinum on February 4, 1989. The song won two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance — Male, as well as an American Music Award for Favorite Single — Pop/Rock and was also named the Single of the Year on The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll in 1983.
The short film featured a paparazzo attempting to photograph Jackson as he danced through an urban landscape. A specially created set featured steps and sidewalk tiles that lit up underneath Michael's feet. It is here that fans first saw some of Michael's best-known dance moves, such as spinning and landing on his toes. Many of Michael's steps and mannerisms in the video would become forever associated with The King of Pop.
""[W]hen the chorus hit.he sprung into this dance that was unlike anything I'd ever seen,"" director Steve Barron recounted of Jackson's choreography in the video. "«It was just extraordinary, instinctive. He pulled it all together and turned it into what we saw.The camera literally steamed up, the eyepiece steamed up, because of my heat from what I was seeing.»" Barron also recalled the crew breaking into spontaneous applause after Michael finished dancing.
The "«Billie Jean»" short film made history as the first video by a black artist to be played in heavy rotation on MTV, then in its second year. In 1992, the short film was inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame. MTV ranked "«Billie Jean»" as the 35th greatest music video of all time in 1999, one of three entries of Jackson's on the chart alongside "«Thriller»" and "«Beat It.»"
For the first of nine short films for the “Bad” album, Michael Jackson enlists acclaimed filmmaker and director Martin Scorsese and together they create an epic 18-minute tale of urban and racial challenges in the 1980s inspired by the real life story of Edmund Perry. The «Bad» recording is the second of five consecutive No.1 singles from the album making Michael the first artist to achieve this milestone and in 2014 Rolling Stone ranked this short film second on a list of Michael's 20 greatest short films.
Chorus:
Because I'm bad, I'm bad come on
You know I'm bad, I'm bad come on, you know
You know I'm bad, I'm bad come on, you know
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Who's bad
Michael Jackson’s “Remember the Time” short film was the second short film from the Dangerous album and continued to push the boundaries of the music video medium with a star-studded, nine-minute epic co-starring Eddie Murphy, Iman and Magic Johnson. Directed by John Singleton, this short film was hailed as a “gorgeous ancient Egyptian extravaganza” by Entertainment Weekly.
Chorus:
Do you remember the time
When we fell in love
Do you remember the time
When we first met girl
Do you remember the time
When we fell in love
Do you remember the time
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T-ARA is making their come-back in Korea before their Japanese debut with «Roly-Poly» — an 80s retro disco with modern musical elements!
The album «John Travolta Wanna Be» — the title showing the longing for «Saturday Night Fever» and John Travolta — is expected to bring about an 80s disco and retro syndrome.
The lyrics and music for the title song «Roly-Poly was co-written by Shinsa Dong Tiger and Choi Gyu-Sung, adding modern musical elements to the disco music of the 80s. As a charming retro-style song, the completely different singing style of T-ARA brings back memories of „Night Fever“ by the Bee Gees.
티아라가 80년대 복고풍 디스코에 현대 음악적 요소를 더한 곡 'Roly-Poly'로 일본 데뷔 전에 국내에서 먼저 컴백한다!
이번 앨범명 '존트라볼타워너비'는 '토요일 밤의 열기'의 '존트라볼타'를 그리워한다는 뜻으로 80년대의 디스코열풍과 복고열풍을 불러올 것이라 기대된다.
앨범의 타이틀 곡인 'Roly-Poly'는 신사동호랭이, 최규성이 공동작사작곡한 작품으로 80년대 유행했던 디스코에 현대 음악적인 요소를 더한 복고풍 느낌의 매력적인곡으로, 곡의 느낌에 맞춰 티아라는 전과는 다른 창법으로 노래를 소화해 마치 Bee Gees의 Night Fever를 연상케 하였다.
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