Michael Jackson: Behind the Scenes of His Iconic 'Thriller' Music Video
Zombies, werewolves and monsters, oh my! When Michael Jackson’s iconic music video for “Thriller” debuted on MTV on December 2, 1983, it changed the music video industry forever.
Similar to the way Queen pushed through doubters and disobeyed the normal three-minute length for a song when they debuted “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 1975 as a five-minute-and-54-second track, Jackson also defied the traditional length with a five-minute-and-57-second version of “Thriller” on his 1983 album of the same name.