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Thriller
Michael Jackson
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- Album
- Thriller 25 Super Deluxe Edition
- Released
- 2008
- Genres
- Length
- 5:57
- Tempo
- 118 BPM
- Label
- Epic/Legacy
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About this song
Rod Temperton composed the song, which was originally titled "Starlight" before it was renamed "Thriller" and its lyrics rewritten shortly before re-recording. Temperton first offered it to his band Heatwave, but they turned it down. The single was the seventh and final release from the Thriller album, reached #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and is certified Diamond in the US. Its music video was named by MTV the Greatest Music Video Ever Made and was inducted into the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 2009.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 109 other songs, like “Psycho Dub by Redman”.
- Covered 48 times, including “Thriller by Cory Wong & Dirty Loops”.
- Written by Rod Temperton.
- Produced by Quincy Jones.
- Recorded at Westlake Recording Studios.