Michael Jackson's Classic Thriller Album Lyrics in Visual Form

metrolyrics CLASSIC ALBUM Michael Zackain Thricler LYRIGRAPHIC The #1 Greatest Estimates have put Thriller's all-time sales total at over 110 million copies. Selling Album That's enough 12" vinyl LPs to circle the moon of All Time! 3 times Over! Album released in November 30, 1982. Tracklist: The Four songs that Jackson wrote himself. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Also the first songs released as singles. Baby Be Mine The Girl Is Mine (w/ Paul McCartney) Unlike many artists, Jackson did not write these songs on paper. Instead, he would dictate into a sound recorder; when Thriller Beat It - Billie Jean Human Nature recording he would sing from memory. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) The Lady In My Life GRIZZLY GHOULS THE ALIEN THE DEAD Scary Creatures Mentioned in the Lyrics for THRILLER THE THING WITH 40 EYES Vincent Price claimed to receive less than $1,000 for his creepy rap contribution at the end of the song. He reportedly opted for a lump sum payment rather than a percentage of total album sales (Ooops!). The Horror Icon Vincent Price Billie Jean BILLIE JEAN IS NOT MY LOVER SHES JUST A GIRL WHO GLAIMS THAT IAM THE ONE BUT THE KID IS NOT MY SON A song very personal to Jackson who was dealing with a lot of obsessed fans at the time. In the song he sings about an obsessive fan who alleges he has fathered a child of hers. The funk infused track deals heavily with the theme of obsession TOUR TONGUE BECANE A RAZOR Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Thematically the song has a harsher tone dealing with feelings of frustration and anger. It's Michael vs the media and the paparazzi, who he deems to always be 'startin' somethin' and making Michael's 'baby' cry. MAMA-SAY MAMA-SAH MA-NA-COO-SAH Dibango sued Jackson and settled out of court for one million French francs, The coda at the end of the song comes directly from Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango's 1972 disco song "Soul Makossa". It was also sampled in Rihanna's 'Don't Stop the Music'. AOU EETER RUN YOU BETTER DO WHAT DON'T WANNA YOU CAN SEE NO BLOOD DONT BE A MACHOMANL Beat It The lyrics are a rally against gang-violence with it's "don't be the tough guy" message, also an homage to the Musical West Side Story. The song was one of Michael's first rock-n-roll crossover tracks. Discover more lyrigraphics at metrolyrics HEH THE NIGHT GREATURE HOUNDS DEMONS THE BEAS A CORPSE A KILLER