However, she continued to send letters stating that she loved him and wanted to be with him, asking how he could ignore his own flesh and blood. Jackson, who regularly received letters of this kind, had never met the woman and ignored those claims. Randy Taraborrelli, "Billie Jean" was inspired by letters Jackson received in 1981 from a woman claiming he was the father of one of her twins. Every girl claimed that their son was related to one of my brothers." Īccording to Jackson's biographer J. There were a lot of Billie Jeans out there. "They would hang around backstage doors, and any band that would come to town they would have a relationship with, and I think I wrote this out of experience with my brothers when I was little. Jackson said that "Billie Jean" was based on groupies he and his brothers encountered while they performed as the Jackson 5. I could never understand how these girls could say they were carrying someone's child when it wasn't true. The girl in the song is a composite of people my brothers have been plagued with over the years. Frequently listed in magazine polls of the best songs ever made, "Billie Jean" was named the greatest dance record of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners. The song was also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
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Rolling Stone placed it at number 58 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, and at number 44 in its 2021 update of the list. In a list compiled by Rolling Stone and MTV in 2000, the song was ranked as the sixth greatest pop song since 1963. "Billie Jean" was awarded honors including two Grammy Awards and an American Music Award. It also introduced a more paranoid lyrical style for Jackson, a trademark of his later music. The spare, bass-driven arrangement of "Billie Jean" helped pioneer what one critic called "sleek, post-soul pop music".
Along with the other videos produced for Thriller, it helped establish MTV's cultural importance and make music videos an integral part of popular music marketing. The "Billie Jean" music video, directed by Steve Barron, was the first video by a black artist to be aired in heavy rotation on MTV. It introduced a number of Jackson's signatures, including the moonwalk, black sequined jacket, high-water pants, and was widely imitated.
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Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean" on the TV special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever won acclaim and was nominated for an Emmy Award. "Billie Jean" was one of the best-selling singles of 1983, helping Thriller become the best-selling album of all time, and became Jackson's best-selling solo single. It was also a number one hit in the UK, Canada, France, Switzerland and Belgium, and reached the top ten in many other countries. The song has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. "Billie Jean" is certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "Billie Jean" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, topped the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart within three weeks, and became Jackson's fastest-rising number one single since " ABC", " The Love You Save" and " I'll Be There" in 1970, all of which he recorded as a member of the Jackson 5. Jackson said the lyrics were based on groupies' claims about his older brothers when he toured with them as the Jackson 5. The lyrics describe a woman, Billie Jean, who claims that the narrator is the father of her newborn son, which he denies. "Billie Jean" blends post-disco, rhythm and blues, funk and dance-pop. It was written and composed by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. " Billie Jean" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on January 2, 1983, as the second single from Jackson's sixth studio album, Thriller (1982).
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