Just discovered that WINGS did this first from listening to tne Paul McCartney release on iTunes

but we know who redid it a year later.

[Edited 6/9/16 21:02pm]

From Wiki:

"Girlfriend" is a song written by Paul McCartney. McCartney thought of the song as one that Michael Jackson might like to record, and mentioned this to Jackson at a party in Hollywood. Jackson had stated in interviews with the music press in the 1970s that he was a fan of The Beatles and the chance to record a McCartney original helped to inspire his next project. However, McCartney ended up recording it himself with his band Wings, and it was issued in 1978 on the album London Town. Subsequently, it was suggested by Quincy Jones as a possible track for Jackson to record for his 1979 album Off the Wall. Jones was unaware that the song had been written for Jackson in the first place. Jackson's recording omitted the middle eight heard in McCartney's version. It was issued as a single in 1980, in the UK only, as the fifth and final single from the Off the Wall album. This proved to be another hit single for Jackson and one of his first recordings of a Paul McCartney song.

I know what everyone's thinking: Michael's version is better

London Town is one of Wings' strongest albums. Paul's version of "Girlfriend" is better to me because he injects the lyrics with a playful sincerity I didn't find in the remake.

SoulAlive said:

I know what everyone's thinking: Michael's version is better

Yeppers. It has always been a fantasy of mine though that MJ recorded a whole album based on McCartney's music. Ahh what could've been