Michael’s success with his short films “Billie Jean” and “Beat It” on MTV vaulted him on to the cover of People Magazine on October 17th 1983. Yet his 14-minute groundbreaking film for the title track of the album, “Thriller” was still a month and half away from being released.

1983年的今天，迈克尔凭借短片《Billie Jean》和《Beat It》在MTV上的大获成功，登上了《People》杂志的封面。然而，这还距离他为专辑主打歌《Thriller》拍摄的那支具有开创性意义的14分钟MV有一个半月。