Michael Jackson: Billie Jean (1983 Music Video) User Reviews

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[Abdulxoxo · 9/10 · 18 September 2020]

This is one of the songs that define Michael's career. it's one of his best. the song is just way ahead of its time. very catchy.

the video is great as well. we see Michael executed one of this signature moves. his iconic attire. the video is just timeless. the way he steps on the tiles and then they light up is very creative (though some of the tiles don't light up when he steps on them, it bugs me alot everytime i watch it lol)

Genius, just genius

[ninagold-40894 · 10/10 · 25 May 2018]

A classic. Nothing like this exist. One of the greatest videos around and a very historical one. This was the first video by a black artist to be played on MTV.

Great singing, dancing, directing, acting. Just everything about it is just pure gold.

10 out of 10. This one is in the history books.

Classic video of the most famous and most iconic song ever

[floydcarey-45342 · 10/10 · 15 October 2018]

You can never get tired of listening to this song and the same could be said about the video. Its a masterpiece that was so ahead of its time. No one can dance and sing like this man right here and he shows why he is the king in this short film.

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[Kirpianuscus · 4 January 2020]

One of legendary videos defining, in less five minutes, entire art of Michael Jackson. A well crafted story, the best music, magnificent dance. great singing. A game of symbols and apparences, preserving, in fine manner, the seduction of magic. And, sure, not the last, symbol of a fight and its victory moment.

Simply the GOAT

[Dar Star · 10/10 · 6 January 2021]

The best entertainer in HISTORY at the top of his game. What else to say except RIP KoP.

Timeless

[safenoe · 10/10 · 16 June 2022]

It's hard to believe Billie Jean was released nearly 40 years ago. It's timeless and is one of the best of the Prince of Pop. The video is mesmorizing. Simon Fields plays the Policeman Running Upstairs, and Raquel Peña appears as the Woman (uncredited).

Jackson's take on paparazzi

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 16 June 2017]

If you read the title "Michael Jackson: Billie Jean", you probably guess correctly what this is exactly. These five minutes are the music video by one of the greatest artists of all time for the song in the title. It runs for five minutes roughly and was directed and written by Steve Barron, quite a while before he became an Emmy nominee. But the star is of course Jackson in here. He was in his mid-20s (right in the middle of his short-cut life) at that point. Seeing how this video reached hundreds of millions view on Youtube, the popularity is still unbroken today. However, I do not really see the appeal here. The chorus is pretty catchy I will admit, but the rest of the song is just so-so and the music video and story depicted in here did not feel memorable at all. Besides, the title is a lie isn't it? All in all, from what i saw in here I cannot really come up with a reason why you would want to watch this music video instead of just listening to the audio track. I give it a thumbs-down. Not recommended.