Billie Jean

"Billie Jean" is a 1983 hit single from Michael Jackson's Thriller album. A number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, the song was also the number-one R&B single for nine weeks in the United States. The song was replaced at number one by another Jackson single, "Beat It" that April. It was voted best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll, and received two Grammy Awards in 1984 in categories: Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best New Rhythm & Blues Song. It was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, along with "Beat It".

Credits

• Written, arranged and composed by Michael Jackson
• Produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson
• Lead and background vocals by Michael Jackson
• Drums by Ndugu Chancler
• Bass by Louis Johnson
• Guitar by David Williams
• Emulator by Michael Boddicker
• Rhodes & Synthesizer by Greg Phillinganes
• Synthesizer by Greg Smith
• Synthesizer & Synthesizer Programming by Bill Wolfer
• Vocal, Rhythm and Synthesizer Arrangement by Michael Jackson
• String Arrangement by Jerry Hey
• Strings Conducted by Jeremy Lubbock