Billie Jean

E226019
single song

"Billie Jean" is one of Michael Jackson's most iconic pop songs, renowned for its distinctive bassline, storytelling lyrics, and pivotal role in cementing his status as the "King of Pop."

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Label Occurrences
Billie Jean canonical 16
Billie Jean (music video) 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Thriller (album) ⓘ
surface form: Thriller
artist Michael Jackson ⓘ
associatedDanceMove moonwalk ⓘ
award American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single ⓘ
American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male

Grammy Award for Best R&B Song ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Song
certificationUK platinum ⓘ
certificationUS multi-platinum ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRBChart 1 ⓘ
composer Michael Jackson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followedBySingle Beat It ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
pop ⓘ
post-disco ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Billie Jean music video ⓘ
includedIn Michael Jackson concert setlists ⓘ
influenced music video production standards ⓘ
pop performance aesthetics ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacyStatus one of Michael Jackson's signature songs ⓘ
one of the most iconic pop songs of the 1980s ⓘ
length 4:54 ⓘ
lyricist Michael Jackson ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Steve Barron ⓘ
notableFeature distinctive bassline ⓘ
storytelling lyrics ⓘ
notablePerformance The Motown 25th Anniversary Special ⓘ
surface form: Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
partOf Thriller (album) ⓘ
surface form: Thriller
performer Michael Jackson ⓘ
positionOnAlbum second single from Thriller ⓘ
precededBySingle The Girl Is Mine ⓘ
producer Michael Jackson ⓘ
Quincy Jones ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1982 ⓘ
recordLabel Epic Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1983-01-02 ⓘ
theme fame and obsession ⓘ
paternity denial ⓘ
vocalist Michael Jackson ⓘ
writer Michael Jackson ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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Michael Jackson → notableWork → Billie Jean ⓘ
Thriller → precededBySingle → Billie Jean ⓘ
subject surface form: Thriller (song)
Chris Cornell (self-titled compilation album) → hasTrack → Billie Jean ⓘ
subject surface form: Chris Cornell (album)
Thriller (album) → hasPart → Billie Jean ⓘ
Thriller (album) → hasMusicVideoFor → Billie Jean ⓘ
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I → containsSong → Billie Jean ⓘ
Beat It → followsSingle → Billie Jean ⓘ
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever performance of Billie Jean in 1983 → featuresSong → Billie Jean ⓘ
Victory Tour with The Jacksons → featuredWork → Billie Jean ⓘ
Bad World Tour → includesSong → Billie Jean ⓘ
Dangerous World Tour → featuresSong → Billie Jean ⓘ
HIStory World Tour → includesSong → Billie Jean ⓘ
MJ the Musical → hasNotableSong → Billie Jean ⓘ
Number Ones → includesTrack → Billie Jean ⓘ
Mijac Music → hasNotableWorkRights → Billie Jean ⓘ
Steve Barron → notableWork → Billie Jean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Billie Jean (music video)
Steve Barron → directed → Billie Jean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Billie Jean (music video)
Weezer (Teal Album) → hasTrack → Billie Jean ⓘ