Billie Jean is a song by American singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on January 2, 1983, as the second single from Jackson's sixth studio album, Thriller. It was written and composed by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. Here is a List of top 10 Interesting Facts you probably don't know about Michael Jackson's Superhit song Billie Jean.  1. The tiger cub at the end of the Music video of Billie Jean belonged to Michael Jackson and was called Thriller.  2. The handwritten lyrics to ‘Billie Jean’ sold for £24,984 at auction in 2012. 3. Quincy Jones did not want ‘Billie Jean’ to appear on the ‘Thriller’ album.  4. Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones quarelled over the title of the song. Jones was worried that people would confuse the name with tennis player Billie Jean King, he wanted to change the name to ‘Not My Lover’. But Jackson won that battle.  5. Michael Jackson sang the vocals into a six-foot-long cardboard tube.  6. Michael Jackso