History Music / BillieJean

* LoonyFan: If the narrator of the song is to be believed, Billie Jean, who falsely claims Jackson to be the father of her child.

Released on January 2, 1983, the song received critical acclaim that only increased when Jackson later debuted its music video on Creator/{{MTV}} on March 10th of the same year, after initial pushback from the network which felt that "black music" (re:both music created by black artists and music primarily popular with black listeners) clashed with the network's rock aesthetic. The video boosted the song's popularity even further because of its cinematic quality like ''Music/MichaelJacksonsThriller'' and "Music/BeatIt" and became one of the first videos by a black artist to regularly air on MTV. In the video, a magic exhibiting Jackson walks the streets of a desolate urban landscape being stalked by a sole paparazzo trying to get a picture of him with the eponymous Billie Jean. Jackson ends up at the supposed apartment of Billie Jean and climbs into bed with her before disappearing. The paparazzo who managed to follow Jackson is quickly arrested by the police and carried away. The video was eventually inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame almost a decade later in 1992.

* FemmeFatale: Billie Jean, as described in the song, is beautiful like "a beauty queen from a movie scene", who approaches Jackson and tells him he's the one for her before dancing with him all night. She's also a woman of schemes and plans; given her later accusation that Jackson is her lover and the father of her kid, these schemes are for the nefarious goal of baby trapping Jackson.

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Released on January 2, 1983, the song received critical acclaim that only increased when Jackson later debuted its music video on Creator/{{MTV}} on March 10th of the same year, after initial pushback from the network which felt that "black music" (re:both music created by black artists and music primarily popular with black listeners) clashed with the network's rock aesthetic. The video boosted the song's popularity even further because of its cinematic quality like ''Music/MichaelJacksonsThriller'' and "Beat It" and became one of the first videos by a black artist to regularly air on MTV. In the video, a magic exhibiting Jackson walks the streets of a desolate urban landscape being stalked by a sole paparazzo trying to get a picture of him with the eponymous Billie Jean. Jackson ends up at the supposed apartment of Billie Jean and climbs into bed with her before disappearing. The paparazzo who managed to follow Jackson is quickly arrested by the police and carried away. The video was eventually inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame almost a decade later in 1992.

Released on January 2, 1983, the song received critical acclaim that only increased when Jackson later debuted its music video on Creator/{{MTV}} on March 10th of the same year, after initial pushback from the network which felt that "black music" (re:both music created by black artists and music primarily popular with black listeners) clashed with the network's rock aesthetic. The video, which sees Jackson walking the streets of a desolate urban landscape being stalked by a sole paparazzo trying to get a picture of him with the eponymous Billie Jean, boosted the song's popularity even further and became one of the first videos by a black artist to regularly air on MTV. It was eventually inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame almost a decade later in 1992.

Released on January 2, 1983, the song received critical acclaim that only increased when Jackson later debuted its music video on Creator/{{MTV}} on March 10th of the same year, after initial pushback from the network who felt "black music" clashed with the network's rock aesthetic. The video, which sees Jackson walking the streets of a desolate urban landscape being stalked by a sole paparazzo trying to get a picture of him with the eponymous Billie Jean, boosted the song's popularity even further and became one of the first videos by a black artist to regularly air on MTV. It was eventually inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame almost a decade later in 1992.

Released on January 2, 1983, the song received critical acclaim that only increased when Jackson later debuted it on Creator/{{MTV}} on March 10th of the same year, after initial pushback from the network who felt "black music" clashed with the network's rock aesthetic. The video, which sees Jackson walking the streets of a desolate urban landscape being stalked by a sole paparazzo trying to get a picture of him with the eponymous Billie Jean, boosted the song's popularity even further and became one of the first videos by a black artist to regularly air on MTV. It was eventually inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame almost a decade later in 1992.

* TabloidMelodrama: The paparazzo following Jackson is trying to continue pushing one about Jackson being involved with Billie Jean. In the video, he accidentally drops a newspaper that says in big bold letters on the front page "'''BILLIE JEAN SCANDAL'''"

* MonochromeToColor: The video is first in grayscale but becomes colored when Jackson steps into the frame. This is a subtle BreakingOfTheFourthWall as it mimics Jackson's ability in the video of making anything he touches glow, implying that Jackson also brought color to the video itself with his presence.

--> ''The kid is not my son...''

* TabloidMelodrama: The paparazzo following Jackson is trying to continue pushing one about Jackson being involved with Billie Jean. In the video, he accidentally drops a newspaper that says in big bold letters on the front page "'''BILLIE JEAN SCANDAL'''"

"Billie Jean" is the second single from Music/MichaelJackson's sixth studio-album, ''Music/{{Thriller}}''. Produced by Jackson and frequent colloborator, Music/QuincyJones, the song is a mixture of RAndB, {{Funk}}, and dance-pop that details the story of a woman named Billie Jean who claims Jackson is the father of her child. In the song, Jackson denies ever being involved with Billie Jean, while outlining the ways in which Billie Jean's claims impact his life, enidng with a warning against getting involved with women like Billie Jean.

Released on January 2, 1983, the song received critical acclaim that only increased when Jackson later debuted it on Creator/MTV on March 10th of the same year, after initial pushback from the network who felt "black music" clashed with the network's rock aesthetic. The video, which sees Jackson walking the streets of a desolate urban landscape being stalked by a sole paparazzo trying to get a picture of him with the eponymous Billie Jean, boosted the song's popularity even further and became one of the first videos by a black artist to regularly air on MTV. It was eventually inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame almost a decade later in 1992.

The song is lauded as one of the best songs of the '80s and currently sits at number 44 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 500 Best Songs of All Time.

Released on January 2, 1983, the song received critical acclaim that only increased when Jackson later debuted it on Creator/MTV on March 10th of the same year, after initial pushback from the network who felt "black music" clashed with the network's rock aesthetic. The video, which sees Jackson walking the streets of a desolate urban landscape being stalked by a sole papparazzo trying to get a picture of him with the eponymous Billie Jean, boosted the song's popularity even further and became one of the first videos by a black artist to regularly air on MTV. It was eventually inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame almost a decade later in 1992.

* CelebrityIsOverrated: The major theme of the song as Jackson wrote the song to describe the perils of groupies, who would often flock to his brothers while they were Music/TheJacksonFive. It is heavily implied that Billie Jean only approached the singer and lied about having his children because of Jackson's fame.

* TabloidMelodrama: The papparazzo following Jackson is trying to continue pushing one about Jackson being involved with Billie Jean. In the video, he accidentally drops a newspaper that says in big bold letters on the front page "'''BILLIE JEAN SCANDAL'''"

* CelebrityIsOverrated: The major theme of the song as Jackson wrote the song to describe the perils of groupies, who would often flock to his brothers while they were Music/TheJackson5. It is heavily implied that Billie Jean only approached the singer and lied about having his children because of Jackson's fame.

* {{Papparazzi}}: Jackson is being followed by one for the video who is trying to get a picture of him with the mysterious Billie Jean.
* TabloidDrama: The papparazzo following Jackson is trying to continue pushing one about Jackson being involved with Billie Jean. In the video, he accidentally drops a newspaper that says in big bold letters on the front page "'''BILLIE JEAN SCANDAL'''"

The song is lauded as one of the best songs of the '80s and currently sits at number 44 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 500 Best Songs of All Time.