Thriller (album)

Trivia

• The original name for the Thriller album and single was almost titled Starlight. "Starlight" was a song Jackson had originally written but was unsatisfied with. Jackson then had Rod Temperton write him a song he wanted for the album: a dance song with a horror theme.
• Jackson had originally written "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" with his keyboardist Greg Phillinganes. The demo of that version can be heard on Jackson's ' box set. The song was later re-written by Quincy Jones and James Ingram as a more edgy funk-rock staple, rather than the original Stevie Wonder-inspired R&B version.
• The album holds the record for the longest stay at #1 on Billboards Pop Albums (Billboard 200) chart, staying at #1 for an non-consecutive 37 weeks. The most consecutive weeks Jackson spent at the top was 17, on two seperate occasions.
• At the time of its peak, Thriller sold a million copies a week.
• Thriller is considered by many as the first album of the MTV generation.
• The popular album ballad, "Lady in My Life", was sampled by rapper LL Cool J and R&B group Boyz II Men for their 1995 hit collaboration, "Hey Lover".