10 Interesting Facts You Probably Don't Know about Billie Jean

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 Jackson said he came up with the idea while driving his Rolls-Royce. He was so absorbed by the tune of the song that he didn’t notice his car had caught fire. A motorcyclist warned him and saved his life.



7. Jackson shot a Pepsi commercial in 1984 performing this with the lyrics altered to sing the praises of the soda. During the shoot, his hair caught fire from the pyrotechnics and he was rushed to the hospital. 



8. Rolling Stone placed “Billie Jean” at No. 58 on its list of the 500 Best Songs of All Time. The single also earned Jackson two of his record eight Grammys at the 1984 awards.



9. He performed his first moonwalk when he sang ‘Billie Jean’ on the TV show Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. 



10. Billie Jean is based on the groupies that used to hang around Jackson and his brothers when they were in The Jackson 5



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