 Genius Meanings
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Michael Jackson – Baby Be Mine
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“Baby Be Mine” fades from the disco-momentum of “Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'”, cooling into a R&B love tune. Along with “The Lady In My Life”, it was one of two songs from
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Michael Jackson – Baby Be Mine (Early Version)
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[Intro] / Hey, ey, ey! / [Verse 1] / I don't need no more when you're by my side / Every night's a moment in paradise / Little darling, hold me / We can touch the sky and light the
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Michael Jackson – Thriller
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“Thriller,” known for having what is arguably the most significant music video (and dance moves) in pop culture, is the seventh and final single from Michael Jackson’s Thriller
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Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
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One of Michael Jackson’s signature songs, “Billie Jean” tells the tale of a young girl who claims to be the mother of Jackson’s alleged son. The song was the second single from his
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Michael Jackson – Thriller (Instrumental)
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[Instrumental]
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Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
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As the opening song and fourth single of Thriller, “Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'” picks up where Off the Wall left off and begins the new phenomenon of Thriller. According to Epic
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Michael Jackson – Beat It
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Released as the third single from Thriller, “Beat It"—along with the second single "Billie Jean"—helped propel the album to the top of the charts and into the record books as the
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Michael Jackson – Thriller (Def Thrill Mix)
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[Verse 1] / It's close to midnight / And something evil's lurking in the dark / Under the moonlight / You see a sight that almost stops your heart / You try to scream / But terror
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Michael Jackson – The Lady in My Life
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The ultimate love song, closing out Michael’s record-breaking Thriller with a love-ballad sung with incredibly diverse, raw and melodic vocals. Michael Jackson at his best.
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Michael Jackson – Thriller 7" (Special Edit)
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[Verse 1] / It's close to midnight / And something evil's lurking in the dark / Under the moonlight / You see a sight that almost stops your heart / You try to scream / But terror
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Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel
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Another massive hit from Bad, this track got to number one in the US.
In various songs in the album, Michael boasts about his confidence but in “The Way You Make Me Feel” he lets
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Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
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“PYT” is the sixth consecutive top 10 single from Jackson’s blockbuster album Thriller. It also found varying levels of success overseas.
Producer Quincy Jones heard Jackson’s
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Michael Jackson – Who Do You Know
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On “Who Do You Know”, Michael Jackson expresses sorrow that a girl left him two years ago and his intentions to find her.
“Who Do You Know” was first written and recorded between
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Michael Jackson (Ft. Paul McCartney) – The Girl Is Mine
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“The Girl is Mine” features the King of Pop and one of the world’s most-respected songwriters arguing over a girl. Released as the lead single from Thriller on October 18, 1982
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Michael Jackson – Human Nature
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Human Nature, which peaked at No. 7 on the Hot 100, is one of Jackson’s best ballads, and one of the few songs to capture the wide-eyed, childlike wonder that is part and parcel of
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Michael Jackson – Thriller (Live at the Yokohama Stadium, Japan 1987)
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[Verse 1: Michael Jackson] / It's close to midnight / Something evil's lurking in the dark / Under the moonlight / You see a sight that almost stops your heart / You try to scream
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Michael Jackson – Rock with You
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“Rock With You” was the second single from Off the Wall. It was written by British songwriter Rod Temperton, who had hands in the creation of various Michael Jackson songs
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Pi'erre Bourne – Thriller (Michael Jackson)
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[Intro] / Yo, Pi'erre, you wanna come out here? / Soss, ayy / (Michael Jackson) / Uh / (Michael Jackson) / Uh, ayy / (Michael Jackson) / Uh / (Michael Jackson) / [Chorus] / Michael
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Michael Jackson – For All Time
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“For All Time” was originally recorded during the Thriller sessions (1981-1982). It remained unreleased until it was rerecorded during the Dangerous sessions (1989-1991). Although
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Michael Jackson – Son Of Thriller
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(instrumental)
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Michael Jackson (Ft. Kanye West) – Billie Jean 2008 (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix)
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Vocal ad-libs from Kanye West are featured in parenthesis
Fifteenth track off Thriller 25 (Michael Jackson’s 25th anniversary special edition reissue of his 6th studio album
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Michael Jackson (Ft. Vincent Price) – Voice-Over Intro/Voice-Over Session From Thriller
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The full, previously unreleased voice-over poem written by Rod Temperton, recorded by Quincy Jones and featuring Vincent Price alongside Michael Jackson, was first released as a
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Michael Jackson – Thriller (2003 Edit)
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[Verse 1] / It's close to midnight / Something evil's lurking in the dark / Under the moonlight / You see a sight that almost stops your heart / You try to scream / But terror
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Capital Cities (Ft. André 3000) – Farrah Fawcett Hair
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Capital Cities teamed up with André 3000 and NPR’s most recognizable voice, Frank Tavares on this gem off their upcoming LP In A Tidal Wave of Mystery.
Quite simply, it a song
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Michael Jackson – Starlight
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“Starlight” is the demo version of one of Michael Jackson’s most notable songs: “Thriller”.
At the time, no one had even thought of using “Thriller” for what would eventually be
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Anthony Vincent – Michael Jackson - Thriller
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[Michael Jackson Style] / It's close to midnight and something evil's lurkin' in the dark / [The Misfits (circa 1980) Style] / Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops
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Michael Jackson – Thriller (Single Version)
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[Verse 1: Michael Jackson] / It's close to midnight / Something evil's lurking in the dark / Under the moonlight / You see a sight that almost stops your heart / You try to scream
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Michael Jackson – Carousel
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On “Carousel”, Michael describes a love at first sight with a circus girl that pays him no attention. In the end, she walks into the crowd, leaving him standing there and still
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Twisted Translations – Google Translate Sings: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson
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[Verse 1] / He was very angry / The darkness is a kitten / In the sun / Cake cut near the heart cry / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Make sure / The musical instrument is even more serious than
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Michael Jackson – Thriller (Live at Wembley Stadium, July 16, 1988)
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[Verse 1: Michael Jackson] / It's close to midnight and something evil's lurkin' in the dark / Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart / You try to scream
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Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal
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“Smooth Criminal” was an idea Michael had in 1984. Originally, it was to be a Western Musical, with Michael being a gunslinger.
When he didn’t like the original sketching of the
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Michael Jackson (Ft. Michael Jackson & Sebastian Puglia Souza) – Thriller (VIP)
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[Verse 1] / It's close to midnight / And something evil's lurking in the dark / Under the moonlight / You see a sight that almost stops your heart / You try to scream / But terror
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Michael Jackson – Earth Song
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[Verse 1] / What about sunrise? What about rain? / What about all the things that you said we were to gain? / What about killing fields? Is there a time? / What about all the
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Rihanna (Ft. Chris Brown) – Nobody's Business
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This song is rumored to be about Rihanna still in love with Chris Brown and for him as well. They obviously still want each other but that’s what fame comes with (you having to
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