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- 30 years ago this week, on January 2nd, 1983, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson was released. It became one of the biggest singles of that year and an instant classic.
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The Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration was a 2001 concert show and television special by Michael Jackson. It was staged in Madison Square Garden in New York City on September 7 and 10, 2001. On November 13, 2001, the CBS television network aired the concerts as a two-hour special in honor of Jackson's thirtieth year as a solo ...
"Billie Jean" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on January 3, 1983, as the second single from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982). It was written and composed by Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones and co-produced by Jackson.
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The 30th Anniversary Special is a musical revue show by Michael Jackson. It was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City on September 7 and 10, 2001. In November 2001, CBS aired the two concerts as a two-hour special honoring Jackson's 30th year as a solo artist. The show was edited by combining footage of the two concerts into a whole specia...
September 7 show
1."Intro" - Samuel L. Jackson 2."Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" - Usher, Mya, and Whitney Houston 3."Absolutely Everybody, Shine" - Vanessa Amorosi 4."Humanitarian Speech" (not televised) - Marlon Brando 5."Ben" - Billy Gilman 6."Angel" and "It Wasn't Me" - Shaggy, Rayvon, Rikrok 7."Home" (from The Wiz) - Monica 8."You Can't Win" (from The Wiz) - Jill Scott 9."Ease On Down The Road" (from The Wiz) - Jill Scott, Monica, Al Jarreau, and Deborah Cox 10."I Just Can't Stop Loving You" - James Ingram and Gloria Estafan 11."She's Out Of My Life" - Marc Anthony 12."Heal The World" - Mya, Deborah Cox, Rah Digga, Monica, Tamia, and The Brooklyn Youth Choir 13."You Are Not Alone", "Never Never Land" (not televised), and "Over The Rainbow" (not televised) - Liza Minnelli 14."Bootylicious" - Destiny's Child 15."Crying Time" (not televised) - Ray Charles and Casandra Wilson 16."Intro Speech" - Elizabeth Taylor 17."Can You Feel It", "HIStory Intro", "I Want You Back", "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)", "ABC", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There" - Michael Jackson and The Jacksons 18."Dancing Machine" - Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, and *NSYNC 19."The Way You Make Me Feel" - Michael Jackson and Britney Spears 20."Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson 21."Black Or White" and "Beat It" - Michael Jackson and Slash 22."We Are The World" - All artists, Yoko Ono, Kenny Rogers and Quincy Jones 23.You Rock My World - Michael Jackson and all artists
September 10 show
1."Intro" - Samuel L. Jackson 2."Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" - Usher, Mya, and Whitney Houston 3."Absolutely Everybody, Shine" - Vanessa Amorosi 4."Ben" - Billy Gilman 5."Home" (from The Wiz) (not televised) - Monica 6."Ease On Down The Road" (from The Wiz) (not televised) - Monica, Al Jarreau, Deborah Cox, and Jill Scott 7."You Are Not Alone" and "Never Never Land" (not televised) - Liza Minnelli 8."Intro Speech" - Elizabeth Taylor 9."Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliot and Nelly Furtado 10."Man In The Mirror" - 98 Degrees, Luther Vandross, and Usher 11."I Want Candy" - Aaron Carter 12."I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor 13."I'll Never Love This Way Again" - Dionne Warwick 14."Midnight Train to Georgia" - Gladys Knight 15."I Do (Cherish You)" - 98 Degrees 16."My Baby" - Romeo and Master P 17."Can You Feel It", "HIStory Intro", "ABC", "The Love You Save", "I'll Be There", and "I Want You Back" - Michael Jackson and The Jacksons 18."Dancing Machine" - Michael Jackson and The Jacksons 19."Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)" - Michael Jackson and The Jacksons 20."The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson 21."Black Or White" and "Beat It" - Michael Jackson and Slash 22."You Rock My World" - Michael Jackson, Usher, and Chris Tucker
•Jackson did not rehearse for the September 7 show. Because of that, he let the audience pick songs after "Billie Jean". They chose "You Rock My World", but the band wasn't ready, so they played "Black Or White" instead.
•Whitney Houston and Jackson rehearsed the song "One Day In Your Life". They were supposed to perform this, but didn't for unknown reasons.
•The performances for "We Are The World" and the reprise of "You Rock My World" by Everyone were not televised, but was filmed by an amateur fan. Footage from both performances were leaked online in low quality on YouTube.
•3T were schedule to perform but due to problems with Sony they didn't.
•When broadcast, the special showed footage mostly from the September 10 show. This is especially evident during the performance of "Billie Jean", when during the first show, he performed a very short moonwalk and improvised the dance ending, while during the second show, he performed a longer moonwalk and beatboxes toward the end, just like the HIStory Tour.
•When "Billie Jean" was broadcast, the beginning and first verse switches between both shows' shots, after that, it sticks to the second show overall. The ending dance is mostly taken from the first show.
Jan 5, 2024 · 30 years ago this week, on January 2nd, 1983, “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson was released. It became one of the biggest singles of that year and an instant classic. It is hard to believe that producer Quincy Jones “hated” this song so much that it almost didn’t make it onto the “Thriller” album, along with a slew of Grammy wins the next year.
