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"Thriller" is a song performed by late pop artist Micheal Jackson, detailing a monstrous creature called the Thriller. The song's music video shows the monster, disguised as Jackson, as it carries out its fiendish plans.
It's close to midnight
Something evil's lurking from the dark
Under the moonlight
You see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream
But terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze
As horror looks you right between your eyes
You're paralyzed
‘Cause this is thriller
Thriller night
And no one’s gonna save you
From the beast about to strike
You know it’s thriller
Thriller night
You’re fighting for your life
Inside a killer
Thriller tonight, yeah
You hear the door slam
And realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand
And wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes
And hope that this is just imagination
Girl but all the while
You hear a creature creeping up behind
You're out of time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside of killer, thriller tonight
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time
They're open wide
This is the end of your life
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you, unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night
I'll save you from the terror on the screen, I'll make you see
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight
And share a killer, thriller, chiller
Thriller here tonight
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
Girl I can thrill you more than any ghoul would ever dare try
Thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight
And share a killer, thriller
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
[Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'all's neighborhood
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell]
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
(Thriller, thriller)
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
(Thriller night, thriller)
I'm gonna thrill you tonight
Ooh, babe, I'm gonna thrill you tonight
Thriller night, babe
[The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller!]
Other Appearances[]
The song appeared on the following albums:
Thriller
Thriller (25th Anniversary) [Deluxe Edition]
Thriller 40
Number Ones
The Essential Michael Jackson
HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book 1
Micheal Jackson's This Is It (The Music That Inspired the Movie)
Immortal
The Ultimate Fan Extras Collection
The Indispensable Collection
Scream
The song was remixed by Steve Aoki and released as a single entitled Thriller (Steve Aoki Midnight Hour Remix) - Single.
The song was featured in the video game The Michael Jackson Experience.
The song was originally called "Starlight" and it was the demo version of "Thriller".
The song has been featured in many films and television shows, including:
Donga
Coming to America
The Malibu Beach Vampires
South Park
Dead & Breakfast
13 Going on 30
Bo! in the USA
Jelly Jamm
Furby
The song has been featured in many commercials and advertisements.
A video of a group of inmates in a prison dancing to the song in the same choreography style as Jackson's has gone viral. The video was nicknamed "Prison Thriller".
Gallery[]
Images[]
Videos[]
Official[]
Michael Jackson - Thriller (Official Video)
Covers[]
Scandroid - Thriller (Official Lyric Video)
Scandroid
Thriller (Hars Sequencer Mix)
Purple Beat
KIDZ BOP Kids - Thriller (360° Official Music Video) KIDZ BOP Halloween Explore360
Kidz Bop
Thriller
The Party Cats
Thriller Vitamin String Quartet Tribute to Michael Jackson
Vitamin String Quartet
Thriller - Lullaby Renditions of Michael Jackson - Rockabye Baby!
Rockabye Baby!
The London Symphony Orchestra - Thriller (Jackson cover)
Henry Mancini and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thriller Ten Masked Men Return Of The Ten Masked Men
Ten Masked Men
Thriller sung by Joe Dolce
Joe Dolce
Aereogramme - Thriller
Aereogramme
Thriller-0
Maybebop
Ian Brown - Thriller (Michael Jackson Cover)
Ian Brown
Wisse guys - Schiller
Wise Guys
Thriller-1
Gothminister
The LoveCrave Thriller OFFICIAL VIDEO (Michael Jackson cover).mov
The LoveCrave
Thriller (Live)
Enrico Rava
Demi Lovato 'Thriller' Cover, Dancing Twerking Live at Staples Center Michael Jackson Cover
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