Mutilators - Thriller (Michael Jackson Psychobilly Cover)

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From '' Maim That Tune!!! ''
Released: 2010
Tracklist
01. Welcome To The Jungle (Guns N' Roses cover)
02. Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics cover)
03. Sex (I'm a...) ( (Berlin cover)
04. Down On The Farm (Big Al Downing cover)
05. Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
06. Jaded (Operation Ivy cover)
07. Theme From The "New Wave Hookers" (The Socketz cover)
08. Thriller (Michael Jackson cover)
09. Call Of The Wrecking Ball (The Knitters cover)
10. Creep (Radiohead cover)
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"Thriller" is a song recorded by American recording artist Michael Jackson and composed by Rod Temperton.
It is the seventh and final single from his sixth studio album Thriller.
It was released on January 23, 1984 by Epic Records.
It was written by Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones.
The song, which has a voice-over from actor Vincent Price, had originally been titled "Starlight".
"Thriller" was adapted into a highly successful music video, known independently as "Michael Jackson's Thriller".
At fourteen minutes the video is substantially longer than the song, which ties together a narrative featuring Jackson and actress Ola Ray in a setting heavily inspired by horror films of the 1950s.
In the video's most iconic scene, Jackson leads other actors costumed as zombies in a choreographed dance routine.
The video has being nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 and winning three.
In 2009 it was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, the first music video ever selected.
Cover versions
In 2007, Ian Brown covered "Thriller". Amos Barshad and Nick Catucci, of NYMag.com, commented that "before you dismiss" the song, if you "give it a listen" Brown's "louche, drugged-out reinvention is actually pretty great."
"Thriller" was also covered by Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service in 2008.
In October 2009, Imogen Heap covered "Thriller" for BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.
"Thriller"'s music video, particularly the songs dance routine in the video, have been referenced in television series and films.
The dance routine was mimicked in the films Donga (1985), Coming to America (1988), The Malibu Beach Vampires (1991), Dead & Breakfast (2004), Bo! in the USA (2006), I Am Zombie Man (2007) and Si j'étais toi (2007) and in an episode of television show, Alvin & the Chipmunks.
The song is briefly featured in film Doogal (2006) and the songs lyrics were sung by the characters in a episode, entitled "Soultaker" on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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