Billie Jean (album / single version)
~ Recording by Michael Jackson
Annotation
This is the version on the original album.
It is unfortunately labelled single version on some compilations.
Annotation last modified on 2015-11-17 17:43 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 25.20 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.) | JXK 65750 |
| 1.3 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Number Ones | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), MJJ Music | 2 513800 |
| 1.15 | Billie Jean | 4:53 | Michael Jackson | The Essential Michael Jackson (期間限定価格盤, special edition) | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EICP-1132, EICP-1133, EICP-1134 |
Relationships
| recording engineer and mixer: | Bruce Swedien |
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| synthesizer programming: | Bill Wolfer (record producer, songwriter, musician and synthesizer programmer from USA) |
| co-producer: | Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) |
| producer: | Quincy Jones |
| bass guitar: | Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson) |
| drums (drum set): | Leon Ndugu Chancler |
| guitar: | David Williams (session guitarist and songwriter) |
| Rhodes piano and synthesizer: | Greg Phillinganes |
| synthesizer: | Bill Wolfer (record producer, songwriter, musician and synthesizer programmer from USA) |
| lead vocals: | Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) |
| conductor: | Jeremy Lubbock |
| percussion and synthesizer arranger and synthesizer arranger: | Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) |
| strings arranger: | Jerry Hey |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | MJJ Productions Inc. (rights holder, not an imprint) (in 1982) |
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| recorded at: | Westlake Recording Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood (in 1982) |
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| part of: | VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 4) (order: 4) Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 7) (order: 7) Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-23 (number: 15) (order: 15) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 15) Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-16 (number: 17) (order: 17) Billboard Hot 100: 2026-06-20 (number: 18) (order: 18) Billboard Hot 100: 2026-06-06 (number: 19) (order: 19) Billboard Hot 100: 2026-06-13 (number: 19) (order: 19) Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-30 (number: 32) (order: 32) Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-09 (number: 38) (order: 38) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 44) (order: 44) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 58) (order: 58) Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 95) (order: 96) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/7J1uxwnxfQLu4APicE5Rnj [info] |
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| other databases: | https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/titel-details-934 [info] |
| recording of: | Billie Jean |
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Related works
Billie Jean
| lyricist and composer: | Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) |
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| publisher: | Mijac Music Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) |
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| sub-publisher: | Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) |
| referred to in medleys: | Can’t Stop Feeling Billie Jean’s Face Michael Jackson Medley (Ashaye) (order: 4) |
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| later translated parody versions: | Luigino |
| later translated versions: | ビリー・ジーン |
| later versions: | Billie Jean 2008 I’m Billie Jean No Diggity (Billie Jean remix) |
| part of: | MJ: The Musical (order: 22) |
| is the basis for: | Billie Jean Meets Saturday |
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