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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| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (no "co-produced" line on the back cover) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:55 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (club edition) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 529271T, CEK 38112 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:57 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 40-85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | QE-38112 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:57 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 25·3P-399 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (club edition) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 85930, EPCCL 32117-4 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 85930, EPC 85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (sticker in cover) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 85930, QE 38112 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (half-speed mastered) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | HE 48112 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:57 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (repress) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 25·3P-399 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 38112 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:55 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CDEPC 85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:57 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (Japan) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 35・8P-11 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CDEPC 85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:57 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 40-85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:57 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (Master Sound DM Digital Mastering) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic/Sony Inc. (JP record company, Aug 1978 – Mar 1988) | 30·3P-431 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CDEPC 85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (Europe) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CDEPC 85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (Made in U.S.A. by Digital Audio Disc Corp.) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK-38112 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (Made in U.S.A. by Digital Audio Disc Corp.) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 38112 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 8P-5137 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | ESCA 5408 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 38112 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CD 85930, CDEPC 85930 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), MJJ Productions (imprint/label) | EK 38112 |
| 2.3 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Tour Souvenir Pack | Michael Jackson | Single + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 01-658281-14 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Album | MJJ Productions (imprint/label), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 01-474709-10, EPC 474709 2 | |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (original lyric) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | ESCA 6200, ESCA 6201 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (original lyric) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| MJJ Productions (imprint/label), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 01-474709-10, EPC 474709 2 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Album |
| MJJ Productions (imprint/label), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 59000, E2K 59000 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (original lyric) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), MJJ Productions (imprint/label) | E2K 59000 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (original lyric) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| MJJ Productions (imprint/label) | 59003, 59004 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (revised lyric) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| MJJ Music | EK 59003, EK 59004 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CDEPC5000 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | E3 59000, E3-59000 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 474709 2 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 88883771962 |
| 1.20 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976–1999 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | J2K 65794 |
| 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 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:53 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | ES 38112 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Das Jahrhundert Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 496517 2 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | MILLEN4 4952162000 |
| 2.1 | Billie Jean | 4:53 | Michael Jackson | Walk On: Hits From the Last 2 Decades | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music TV | SONYTV71CD |
| 1.1 | Billy Jean | 4:56 | Michael Jackson | The All Time Greatest Pop Hits of the Last 3 Decades | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 500541 2 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (special edition) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 504422 2 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (special edition) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 66073 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume 1 | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 501869 2 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume 1 | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 85250 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume 1 | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (special edition) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 66073 |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (special edition) | Michael Jackson | Album | Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 5044222000 | |
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (Special Edition) | Michael Jackson | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 66073 |
| 1.4 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Volume 4: Flash FM | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 87001 |
| 4.4 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: Official Soundtrack Box Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Rockstar Games, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 5100642000, EPC 510064 2 |
| 1.12 | Billie Jean | 4:56 | Michael Jackson | Éxitos Pop 70‒80‒90’s, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | |
| 1.4 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Volume 4: Flash FM | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 2 510057 |
| 1.4 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Volume 4: Flash FM | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 5100572000 |
| 1.20 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Pop Music: The Modern Era 1976–1999 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) | |
| 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) | 513800 2 |
| 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 |
| 1.3 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Number Ones (Cover: Circa 1987 "Bad" Period) | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), MJJ Music | 2 513800, 513800 2 |
| 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) | EK 88998 |
| 1.3 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Number Ones (Cover: Circa 1984 “Thriller” Period) | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 88998 |
| 1.3 | Billie Jean (single version) | 4:55 | Michael Jackson | Number Ones | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | |
| 1.3 | Billie Jean | ?:?? | Michael Jackson | Number Ones | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 2-513800 |
| 1.3 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Number Ones (Cover: Circa 1987 "Bad" Period) | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 88998 |
| 1.3 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Number Ones | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 2 088998 |
| 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) | CDEPC 6735 |
| 1.3 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Number Ones (Cover: Circa 1995 "HIStory" Period) | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 5138002000 |
| 2.6 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Off the Wall / Thriller | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation | Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 5175542001, EPC 517554 2 | |
| 2.5 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | The Ultimate Collection | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | E5K 92600 |
| 2.5 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | The Ultimate Collection | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.5 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | The Ultimate Collection | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | MHCP-534, MHCP-535, MHCP-536, MHCP-537, MHCP-538 |
| 1.20 | Billie Jean | 4:53 | Michael Jackson | The Jacksons Story | The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson & The Jacksons | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records, UTV Records | B0003058-02 |
| 2.5 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | The Ultimate Collection (Special Advance Copy) | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | AE4K 92600 |
| 1.16 | Billie Jean (single version) | 4:53 | Michael Jackson | The Essential Michael Jackson (Qobuz) | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.15 | Billie Jean | 4:53 | Michael Jackson | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 520422 2 |
| 1.16 | Billie Jean | 4:53 | Michael Jackson | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | E2K 94287 |
| 1.16 | Billie Jean (single version) | 4:55 | Michael Jackson | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.16 | Billie Jean | 4:53 | Michael Jackson | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | E2K 94287 |
| 1.15 | Billie Jean | 4:53 | Michael Jackson | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Epic Records International (2001–2006 reissue label for int’l music released in Japan, formerly a company/division of SMEJ) | MHCP-745~6 |
| 1.15 | Billie Jean | 4:53 | Michael Jackson | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), MJJ Productions (imprint/label), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 5204222000 |
| 3.1 | Billie Jean | 4:58 | Michael Jackson | Visionary: The Video Singles | Michael Jackson | Single + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), MJJ Productions (imprint/label) | 82876725202 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:58 | Michael Jackson | Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | Single |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 82876725172 |
| 1.12 | Billie Jean | 4:56 | Michael Jackson | The No.1 DJ Collection: 80's, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | CD150 |
| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:52 | Michael Jackson | Top 100 Hits 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Coqueiro Verde | |
| 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) | 88697046592 |
| 2.2 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Die Hit-Giganten: Soul Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 01338 2 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.2 | Billy Jean | 4:59 | Michael Jackson | World Tour Souvenir CD | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 570323-2 |
| 1.7 | Billie Jean (album version) | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | HIStory LIFEstyle Promo CD | Michael Jackson | Album |
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| 1.7 | Billie Jean | 4:56 | Michael Jackson | Soundtrack for a Century: Selections from the 26 CD Series (disc 2) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.6 | Billie Jean | 6:20 | Michael Jackson | Thriller (Deluxe Edition) | Michael Jackson | Album |
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| 1.1 | Billie Jean | 4:58 | Michael Jackson | The Very Best Of | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Unison Records Ltd. | CDP167 |
| 1.2 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Dance Collection | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation | [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | 300-419-965-3 | |
| 1.21 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Charlie’s Angels: More Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Columbia (fake Columbia label, for bootlegs only) | |
| 4.3 | Billie Jean | 4:54 | Michael Jackson | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Radio (Individual tracks from the stations) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Rockstar Games | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.15 | Billie Jean | ?:?? | Michael Jackson | The Essential Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | EPC5204222 |
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, California, United States (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) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 15) 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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| 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 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) |
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