I remember getting cable just before the video and this video on mtv was the biggest reason we were excited about it 😂

70s 80s had more legendary bands groups artists in all genres than will ever be again 😂

No shit he can't be serious you never heard or know nothing about M.J well i wont subscribe to you Bye😂

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React to his older performances he was already 43 here

MJ, aka the Thriller, just wanted to scare the hell out of his girlfriend. The Thriller can change into anything he wants. She said she wasn't scared. So he proceeded to scare her. There is a remix of this song on YT where they added in the deleted part of Vincent Price's rap. There are two verses in the rap we all know. But there used to be 3. The song is also longer. It starts with the music faintly playing the background while MJ sings (almost acapella) in the foreground and then suddenly the beat kicks in and it's amazing.

And he also didn’t invent the moonwalk!!! Who ever said that is an idiot !!!!!!!!

Do Keep it in the Closet!

there was a trick to doing the lean. it might have been done for the video, although some have said it was camera trickery, such as the odd angle it is shot it in, but he would perform in on stage using a clever trick. there was a hitch hidden in the stage that would pop out at the right moment MJ would slide his foot over it. there were slots designed into the heels of the shoes. it would allow Mj and the dancer to do the lean. it was said it still put pressure on the achilles heel so it required a lot of core strength. MJ never pissed the hitch and always got it right. It was a secret until MJ patented the shoe. that's how everyone then found out how it was done.

I used to watch all the Motown awards with my dad. I remember this happening! It was incredible. You just knew you had seen a historical moment.

Best 2 Michael's in entertainment!

Darling! You have just begun! Enjoy the greatness!

I don't know if anyone has recommended the "Beat It" video yet, if not it would be a good one to watch.

If you have cats, you'll have no rats. So, yes, the Egyptians had plenty of cats to do just that. 😊😊

We have to watch you watch thriller you’re gonna lose your shit

You are so cute. I’ve almost 50 and I lost my shit when these videos came out because they were so freaking awesome. I’m glad you can see how awesome this is

You don’t know how good you’ve got it! Back in the day when this video came out our only options for seeing it was by watching mtv! We couldn’t rewind and watch the lean again so we had to wait for 10-12 hours before mtv showed the video again! And everyone who watched it was just like you and tried the lean and of course nobody could do it because as we found out decades later that it wasn’t real! And I’m willing to bet that everyone around my age (50) still knows the THRILLER dance too

I was 19 when that came out. Also saw him live back then. Stunning presence on that stage.

Please react to scream it’s by him and his little sister Janet Jackson as well react to Wembley 1988 human nature concert

MJ performed the moonwalk in 1983 on the 25th Anniversary of Motown special. But the dance move has been around since the early 1930’s. MJ was not the first to perform the move. Google it.

This song is pretty dark knowing that it is about a kid being a witness to their mother having an affair with a guy dressed like Santa Claus =T

you're a kid

I never listened to Michael Jackson and I know some songs when MTV still played music videos. I was a grunge girl but still recognized his songs.

Mike was such a perfectionist. It was a resume highlight for folks who worked with him.

That lean was ALL anyone could talk about after this aired the first time. Also his videos were so innovative and performances so outstanding that each was announced in advance like a new tv sable or movie with trailers. It was appointment tv. You didn’t miss it. EVER.

MTV!!! Was lucky enough to see this when it first came out.. Sorry you missed this video back then

Michael Jackson in this video did not originate the werewolf transfromation. That comes from 1950's Werewolf horror movies, which video takes from "I was a teenage werewolf" from 1957. And even those 1950's werewolf movies are likely from books written many many years ago. Nah mike didnt pioneer this in this video.

❤ JAM ! ❤ ❣YOU ARE NOT ALONE ❣ 🖐👍💯

Merry Christmas!!! The J5 have a Christmas album. You should check it out. Several hits on there including this one.

Prince Kiss

Hope you guys all have an awesome Christmas 🎄

Everything MJ did was ahead of it's time. Right now, these graphics aren't looking the best but when this vid was released it was amazing. 😄

please please watch michael jackson’s earth song music video i promise you won’t regret it and merry christmas

Merry Christmas man, I love your content 👍✨

Merry Christmas! Hope your 2025 is blessed!

Merry Christmas Handsome ⛄🎄🕯️ You are honoring MJ so awesomely!! 🕴🏼🎶🌠 Hope the New Year is very very kind to you Sir 🎉🙏🏼✨

Merry Christmas to all! 🎄 I do have to say I feel kind of sad that he was made to sing a whole Christmas album when in reality he couldn't even celebrate christmas 😢😢

The Queen in the video is Iman a famous model and entrepreneur. She is from Sudan which was originally a part of Egypt and actually has more Pyramids than Egypt.

Dude you look like you is in a closet man!

"Earth Song" and "You Are Not Alone".

I remember watching the premiere of 'JAM' just like each other of his world premieres. I remember it was the summer of 1992 and I know it was a Friday. I don't know the date but watching you having a genuine reaction for the first time is a gold man. It is pure gold to see what many of us who grew up with MJ felt through you. I would hope you watch each of his videos as well which I would come back to watch. Mj was the only artist I've ever known to date to have World premieres for a music video. I mean this cat would cut regular broadcasts for a special MJ video premiere as if it was law. The Jackson mania was no joke

I’m so amazed by the number of young people who never heard of the Jackson Five. They think Michael Jackson started singing in his twenties with ‘Billie Jean’.

To truly understand the excitement of thriller video here, you needed to watch some other videos by other artists of that era of 83. They were just crap he spent I think $ 1.4 million on the video production of thriller when the most expensive video prior to thriller was $50,000. And to answer your question, the Michael Jackson thriller the wolf transformation was inspired by the American Werewolf the film by John Landis who MJ hired to produce Thriller and Landis brought the same makeup artist from that film onto this set. You ought to watch making of Thriller

😂can't believe you!? really,your first time SC?

His reaction is exactly our reaction. Those of us who watch the video when it first aired on MTV or on its World broadcast. We did not know how the hell he did it. This is pure gold