Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Official Video)
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Length: 4min 56sec (296 seconds)
Published: Fri Oct 02 2009
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Michael never had a hit single that was bigger than "Billie Jean".
What's kind of surprising and many have forgotten, is that it was not the choice for the first single from "Thriller". 😮
The mid-tempo duet with Paul McCartney, "The Girl Is Mine" came first in November/December of 1982, stopping at #2 on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100.
My guess here, is Michael may have still been shooting the Billie Jean video, so another song was chosen & I also guess Paul was too busy to make a video with Michael for their duet anyway.
When Billie Jean hit though, it flew up the chart (no thanks to MTV who noticeably was not playing the video and other R & B acts).
It stayed #1 for 7 weeks though and combined with how long it stayed on the Hot 100, topped all he'd done with his brother's and his own solo career at that time.
Michael 'Almost' had back to back #1's on the Hot 100 when Beat It was rush released. However, Billie Jean was replaced at #1 for 1 week by "Come On Eileen" by one hit wonder Dexy's Midnight Runners (truly something to brag about). Then, Beat It, took over the following week.
(Except for Thriller, the rest of the singles from the album, had no videos made 😕).
Up until 1991, it seemed Michael's #1 hits couldn't pass a month at the top of the chart. (Actually, overall record sales in the U S. were lagging between 1985 to 1991, so no one else could either).
Finally, he hit 7 weeks again with "Black or White" in December of '91/Jan. 1992... but it had a slightly shorter Hot 100 stay and therefore, is his 2nd biggest #1.
Billie Jean, will always be his signature hit song, amongst his 18 total #1's (including The Jackson Five's four #1's and his appearance in We Are The World.) 😎
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