Michael Jackson – Thriller
Thriller was released as a single on January 23, 1984 as the seventh and final single from Jackson’s sixth studio album of the same name. The song was produced by Quincy Jones and written by Rod Temperton, who wanted to write a theatrical song to suit Jackson’s love of film.
The Thriller music video was directed by John Landis and premiered on MTV on 2nd December 1983. In the video, Jackson becomes a zombie and performs a dance routine with a horde of the undead. Many elements of the video have had a lasting impact on popular culture, such as the zombie dance and Jackson’s red jacket. It was the first music video inducted into the National Film Registry and it has been named the greatest video of all time by various publications and readers’ polls.
