"Jackson"" (2005) and ""Michael Jackson's This Is It"" (2009) and was remixed for the ""Immortal"" album in 2011. The song has a voice-over from actor Vincent Price. In the song, sound effects such as a creaking door, thunder, feet walking on wooden planks, winds and howling dogs can be heard, and the lyrics contain frightening themes and elements. ""Thriller"" received positive reviews from critics and became Jackson's seventh top-ten single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 Chart from the album, while reaching the top of the charts in France and Belgium and the top ten in many other countries. ""Thriller"" was"
"an abandoned house. She screams and wakes up, realizing it was a nightmare. Michael embraces her, but turns to the camera and grins, revealing his werecat eyes. Michael Jackson's album ""Thriller"" was released in 1982 and spent more than a year at the top of the ""Billboard"" 200. By mid-1983, sales began to decline. Jackson, who was ""obsessive"" about his sales figures, urged record executives Walter Yetnikoff and Larry Stessel to help conceive a plan to return the album to the top of the charts. Jackson's manager Frank DiLeo suggested making a third music video, for the title track, ""Thriller""."
"Thriller (song) ""Thriller"" is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson, composed by Rod Temperton, and produced by Quincy Jones. It is the seventh and final single released by Epic Records from his 1982 studio album of the same name. A 14-minute video showing Jackson in a horror-themed performance premiered on November 14, 1983. It was first shown on MTV on December 2, 1983. The song was not released as a single until January 23, 1984. ""Thriller"" has appeared on multiple greatest hits compilation albums from Jackson, including """" (1995), ""Number Ones"" (2003), ""The Ultimate Collection"" (2004).""The Essential Michael"
"Landis, ""The earth-shattering success of ""Michael Jackson’s Thriller"" was a surprise to everyone but Michael."" The success transformed Jackson into a global phenomenon, a dominating force in pop culture, and cemented Jackson's status as the ""king of pop"". At the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, ""Thriller"" won the awards for Viewers Choice, Best Overall Performance and Best Choreography, and was nominated for Best Concept Video, Best Male Video and Video of the Year. In 1982, the National Coalition on Television Violence (NCTV) classified more than half of 200 MTV music videos surveyed as ""too violent"", including ""Thriller"" Jackson's duet with"
"In 2013, the song re-entered the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at number 42. Also, in November 2018, it re-entered at number 31. The music video for ""Thriller"" was released on December 2, 1983. It was directed by John Landis and written by Landis and Jackson. In the video, Jackson and his girlfriend (played by Ola Ray) are confronted by zombies while walking home from a movie theater. Jackson becomes a zombie and performs a dance routine with a horde of the undead. The video references numerous horror films. Jackson contacted Landis after seeing his film ""An American Werewolf in London."" The"
"Thriller (Michael Jackson album) Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982, in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records. It explores genres similar to Jackson's previous album, ""Off the Wall,"" including pop, post-disco, rock and funk. Recording sessions took place from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, with a production budget of $750,000. In just over a year, ""Thriller"" became the world's best-selling album, having sold an estimated 66 million copies. It is the second-best-selling album in the United States and was"
"copies worldwide in its 12 weeks, and was generally well received among critics, despite their view that the new material was not as inspiring as the original. Jackson released his sixth studio album, ""Thriller"", on November 30, 1982. With sales estimated to be over 65 million copies worldwide, ""Thriller"" became the world's best-selling album of all time; the album was the first in history to yield seven top-ten singles. The success of ""Thriller"" put Jackson into the dominating position of pop music, becoming an international pop-cultural icon. Jackson was asked about a ""second chapter"" to ""Thriller"" on ""Access Hollywood"" in"
"""Destiny"" and ""Triumph"", Michael released the best-selling solo effort, ""Off the Wall"". Its success led to rumors of Michael's alleged split from his brothers. After ""Triumph"", Michael worked on his second Epic solo release, which was released in November 1982 as ""Thriller"", which later went on to become the best-selling album of all time, winning eight Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, plus two number one hit singles ""Billie Jean"", and ""Beat It"", and three breakthrough MTV music videos ""Billie Jean"", ""Beat It"", and 14 minute zombie-themed music video ""Thriller"". In March 1983, with Jermaine, the Jacksons performed on"
"three songs for the album, including ""Rock with You"" which became the second US No. 1 single from the album. In the early 1980s Temperton left Germany and moved to Beverly Hills, California. In 1982, Temperton wrote three songs, including the title track, for Jackson's next LP, ""Thriller"", which became the biggest-selling album of all time. Temperton also wrote the spoken word section of the song for the actor Vincent Price. On coming up with the title ""Thriller"", Temperton once said: Temperton wrote successfully for other musicians, his hits including ""Stomp!"" for The Brothers Johnson, George Benson's ""Give Me the"
"Michael Jackson recorded for his best-selling album ""Thriller"" (1982), turning the song into a smash hit. Subsequent to the ""Toto IV"" release, bassist David Hungate left the band. Hungate, who had relocated to Nashville in 1980 to pursue a session/production career, felt that the fame surrounding ""Toto IV"" would prevent him from spending time with his family. A third Porcaro brother, Mike Porcaro, who had performed cello on a track from ""Toto IV"", replaced Hungate on bass. Lead singer Bobby Kimball spent the early part of 1983 facing prosecution for drug-related charges. Kimball was ordered to stand trial, but pleaded"
"""Off the Wall"": it can be seen in full force in the ""Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"" promotional video. With the arrival of ""Off the Wall"" in the late 1970s, Jackson's abilities as a vocalist were well regarded; at the time, ""Rolling Stone"" compared his vocals to the ""breathless, dreamy stutter"" of Stevie Wonder, and wrote that ""Jackson's feathery-timbred tenor is extraordinarily beautiful. It slides smoothly into a startling falsetto that's used very daringly."" 1982 saw the release of ""Thriller"", and ""Rolling Stone"" was of the opinion that Jackson was then singing in a ""fully adult voice"" that"
"in 2009. Epic's 1980s and 1990s mainstream success were fueled by its signing and releasing of albums by notable acts such as Michael Jackson, Culture Club, the Miami Sound Machine and Gloria Estefan, Wham and George Michael, Adam Ant, Living Colour, Incubus, Dead or Alive, Europe, Cyndi Lauper, Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Pearl Jam, Sade, Luther Vandross, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rage Against the Machine, Céline Dion, and Oasis among others. One of the label's greatest financial payoffs came via the release of ""Thriller"", the 1982 album by Michael Jackson, which went on to achieve approximately 51–65 million in worldwide sales, becoming"
"that belonged to photographer Dick Zimmerman. The gatefold sleeve reveals a tiger cub at Jackson's leg, which, according Zimmerman, Jackson kept away from his face, fearing he would be scratched. Another picture from the shoot, with Jackson embracing the cub, was used for the 2001 special edition of ""Thriller"". ""Thriller"" was released on November 30, 1982, and sold one million copies worldwide per week at its peak. Seven singles were released. ""The Girl Is Mine"" was criticized as a poor choice of lead single, and its release led to predictions by critics that listeners would find the album disappointing and"
"to him in 1997. However, Ray did sue Jackson on May 6, 2009 in a dispute to obtain uncollected royalties. less than two months before Jackson's death on June 25. Eventually the Jackson Family Trust settled. Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video) Michael Jackson's Thriller is a music video for the Michael Jackson song ""Thriller"". It was directed by John Landis and written by Landis and Jackson. It was released on December 2, 1983, by Columbia Pictures. In the video, Jackson and his girlfriend (played by Ola Ray) are confronted by zombies while walking home from a movie theater. Jackson becomes"
"as Jackson prepared for his next song as part of a stage illusion. Despite Jackson performing multiple songs from his ""Thriller"" album, ""Thriller"" was not included on the Jacksons set list during their Victory Tour in 1984, as Michael Jackson was not satisfied with the way the song sounded live. Jackson performed ""Thriller"" during his first world tour as a solo artist, the Bad world tour, lasting sixteen months, from 1987 to 1989, for a total of 123 shows. During the Bad tour, in both legs, the jacket had flashing lights in the middle of the song and at the"
"""Thriller"" albums. The tour reportedly grossed approximately $75 million ($ million in dollars) and set a new record for the highest grossing tour. It showcased Michael's single decorated glove, black sequined jacket and moonwalk. Despite its focus on Michael, it was named after the newly released Jacksons' album ""Victory"" although none of the album's songs were performed. According to Marlon, this was because Michael refused to rehearse or perform them; in fact, Michael had only reluctantly joined his brothers, who needed the income while he himself did not. On the tour, tensions between Michael and his brothers increased to the"
"waste it on trotting out and trying to enhance the public image of the singer involved"". In 1983, the most successful, influential and iconic music video of all time was released: the nearly 14-minute-long video for Michael Jackson's song ""Thriller"", directed by John Landis. The video set new standards for production, having cost US $800,000 to film. The video for ""Thriller"", along with earlier videos by Jackson for his songs ""Billie Jean"" and ""Beat It"", were instrumental in getting music videos by African American artists played on MTV. Prior to Jackson's success, videos by African-American artists were rarely played on"
"from Bollywood to prisons in the Philippines. For a black artist in the 1980s to that point, Jackson's success was unprecedented. According to ""The Washington Post"", ""Thriller"" paved the way for other African-American artists to achieve mainstream recognition, such as Prince. Christgau credited ""The Girl Is Mine"" for giving radio exposure to the idea of interracial love. ""Time"" wrote: ""Jackson is the biggest thing since the Beatles. He is the hottest single phenomenon since Elvis Presley. He just may be the most popular black singer ever."" ""Thriller"" has continued to receive positive reviews. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that"
"Michael Jackson Family Trust settled the lawsuit. Ola Ray Ola Ray (born August 26, 1960) is an American model and actress most notable for her role as the girlfriend of Michael Jackson in the short film ""Thriller"". Ray modeled for ""Playboy"" and was the Playmate of the Month for the June 1980 issue. Ray complained in the past about difficulties collecting royalties from her participation in ""Thriller"". At first, Ray blamed Michael Jackson. She ultimately sued Jackson in May 2009 in a dispute to obtain uncollected royalties. Jackson died less than two months later on June 25 at age 50,"
"Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video) Michael Jackson's Thriller is a music video for the Michael Jackson song ""Thriller"". It was directed by John Landis and written by Landis and Jackson. It was released on December 2, 1983, by Columbia Pictures. In the video, Jackson and his girlfriend (played by Ola Ray) are confronted by zombies while walking home from a movie theater. Jackson becomes a zombie and performs a dance routine with a horde of the undead. The video references numerous horror films. Jackson contacted Landis after seeing his film ""An American Werewolf in London."" The pair conceived a short"
"Michael Jackson’s Grammy Award-winning ""Thriller"", Madonna's ""True Blue"", Celine Dion’s ""Let's Talk About Love"", hit singles and movie soundtracks, including ""Saturday Night Fever"", ""Dirty Dancing"" and ""Purple Rain"" among others. He has also toured with Diana Krall. He plays over 200 instruments professionally, and has worked in a variety of music genres including Brazilian, blues, Christian, country, disco, gospel, hip hop, jazz, Latin, pop, rhythm and blues, rock, soul, and world music. He was signed to Norman Granz’s Pablo Records for three of his solo albums, ""Agora"", ""Happy People"" and ""Sunrise"", as well as ""Breakdown"" on A&M Records. Da Costa"
"in 1983, featuring the ""Step Up"" stars Adam G. Sevani and Alyson Stoner. In 2011, the cast of American musical TV series ""Glee"" (Naya Rivera, Kevin McHale and Cory Monteith with New Directions) performed ""Thriller"" as a mash up with ""Heads Will Roll"" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs in episode ""The Sue Sylvester Shuffle"". Pop singer Britney Spears made a reference to ""Thriller"" in her music video for ""I Wanna Go"" (2011). In the ending of her video actor Guillermo Díaz leads Spears out of the room. He then turns to the camera with glowing red eyes and his laugh is"
"and John Landis. Funded by MTV, the film sold over 350,000 copies in its first few months. In a market then driven by singles, ""Thriller"" raised the significance of albums, yet its multiple hit singles changed perceived notions as to the number of successful singles that could be taken from an individual album. The era saw the arrival of novelties like the Michael Jackson doll, that appeared in stores in May 1984 at a price of $12 (US$ in dollars). ""Thriller"" retains a position in American culture; biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli explains, ""At some point, ""Thriller"" stopped selling like a"
"1984, including Album of the Year. Jackson won seven of the Grammys for the album, while the eighth Grammy went to Bruce Swedien. That same year, Jackson won eight American Music Awards, the Special Award of Merit and three MTV Video Music Awards. ""Thriller"" was recognized as the world's best-selling album on February 7, 1984, when it was inducted into the ""Guinness Book of World Records"". It is one of four albums to be the best-seller of two years (1983–1984) in the US. ""Blender"" described Jackson as the ""late 20th century's preeminent pop icon"", while ""The New York Times"" gave"
"five. On March 10, 1984, it charted at number 3, where it peaked. ""Thriller"" debuted on the UK Singles Chart on November 19, 1983, at number 24, and the following week charted at number ten, where it peaked; the song appeared on the chart for 52 weeks. Beginning on February 5, 1984, ""Thriller"" peaked on the French Singles Chart at number one and topped the chart for four consecutive weeks. ""Thriller"" also topped the Belgian VRT Top 30 Chart for two weeks in January 1984. Following Jackson's death, his music experienced a surge in popularity. In the week of Jackson's"
"1986 and retired shortly afterwards. In his role as general manager of Epic Portrait Associated, he worked with The Clash, Culture Club, The Isley Brothers, George Jones, Quiet Riot, Ricky Skaggs and Luther Vandross. His career high is seen to be the aggressive marketing of Michael Jackson's 1982 album ""Thriller"", which sold over 40 million copies. He was asked in 2002 what he thought of Michael Jackson's eccentricities to which he responded, ""they overshadowed his talent."" He died following a stroke at his home in Kissimmee, Florida. He is survived by his son, Don Dempsey, Jr., and Daughter Kelly Ann"
"Jon Pareles of ""The New York Times"" noted that ""'Billie Jean', 'Beat It', 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' ' and ""the movie in the song 'Thriller'"", were the songs, unlike the ""fluff"" ""P.Y.T."", that were ""the hits that made ""Thriller"" a world-beater; along with Mr. Jackson's stage and video presence, listeners must have identified with his willingness to admit terror."" Ann Powers of the ""Los Angeles Times"" described ""Thriller"" as ""adequately groovy"" with a ""funked-out beat"" and lyrics ""seemingly lifted from some little kid's 'scary storybook'"". 50 Cent told ""NME"" that the song is the one he wished he had written:"
"to suggestions that Jackson was bowing to a white audience. ""The Girl Is Mine"" was followed by the hit single ""Billie Jean"", which made ""Thriller"" a chart-topper. Success continued with the single ""Beat It"", which featured guitarists Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather. The title track was released as a single and also became a hit internationally. On December 16, 2015, ""Thriller"" was certified 30× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of at least 30 million units in the US. After the inclusion of streaming and tracks sales into the RIAA album awards in 2017, ""Thriller"""
"""I had his poster on my wall. He had me moonwalkin' around my bedroom. I'd love to have written any Michael Jackson song, so maybe start with one of the greatest."" ""Thriller"" was the seventh and final ""Billboard"" Hot 100 top-ten single from the ""Thriller"" album. In ""Billboard"" issue date February 11, 1984, the song entered the charts at number 20 on the Hot 100. The song entered the top ten the following week at number seven. One week later, it reached number five, then the next week it rose to number four; its peak position which it held for"
"Evan Chandler Evan Chandler (born Evan Robert Charmatz; January 25, 1944 – November 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter and dentist. In 1993, he accused pop singer Michael Jackson of child sexual abuse against his son Jordan. The case was settled out of court. In June 2009, Jackson died of a benzodiazepine overdose. Four months later, Chandler committed suicide. Evan Robert Charmatz was born in 1944 in Bronx, New York. In her autobiographical book ""Shockaholic"", actress and screenwriter Carrie Fisher wrote that Chandler could be persuaded via financial incentives to send an anesthesiologist to a patient's house to administer drugs"
"Ola Ray Ola Ray (born August 26, 1960) is an American model and actress most notable for her role as the girlfriend of Michael Jackson in the short film ""Thriller"". Ray modeled for ""Playboy"" and was the Playmate of the Month for the June 1980 issue. Ray complained in the past about difficulties collecting royalties from her participation in ""Thriller"". At first, Ray blamed Michael Jackson. She ultimately sued Jackson in May 2009 in a dispute to obtain uncollected royalties. Jackson died less than two months later on June 25 at age 50, after suffering cardiac arrest. In 2012, The"
"Universal Studios film lot, specially designed for sound effects, and recorded the hinges closely. Price recorded his part in two takes; Jones, acknowledging that doing a voice-over for a song is ""difficult"", praised Price and described his takes as ""fabulous"". The bassline ""recalls"" the bassline of the 1981 number-one R&B hit ""Give It to Me Baby"" by Rick James. ""Thriller"" is a contemporary critical favorite. Ashley Lasimone, of AOL's Spinner.com, noted that it ""became a signature for Jackson"" and described ""the groove of its bassline, paired with Michael's killer vocals and sleek moves"" as having ""produced a frighteningly great single."""
"and Spain. ""Leave Me Alone"" was generally well received by critics. In the music video, Jackson pokes fun at the rumors about him. The video was the recipient of a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best Music Video. The song was never performed on any of Jackson's tours. ""Leave Me Alone"" was a response to negative rumours about Jackson that frequently appeared in the media and tabloids post-1985 after the success of ""Thriller."" Beginning in 1986, the tabloids began to publish rumours about Jackson, one of the first being a story claiming that Jackson slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber"