I haven`t really paid any attention to this song before,
but i was just listening to the "Thriller" album today, this is a GREAT song!!!

Mommasaymommasamommakosa, mommasaymommasamommakosa!!

Quite possibly one of the funkiest jams not only of his career, but the whole Thriller album! Mike and Quincy threw down big time on this epic song. I love the "Mama-se, mama-sa, ma-ma-coo-sa" chant of the song. Ultra-funky!

Yeah, and to think i`ve had the "Thriller" album for at least 6 years, and didn`t "discover" this song before today!!


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Icicle said:

And I'm so shortsighted, that I just assume everyone knows this album inside and out as I do.

TommyRoss said:

When i listen to M.J, it`s usually the "Off the wall" album...
"Thriller" is a great album, but "Off the wall" sounds better to me.

I'd agree that 'Off the Wall' is a stronger album overall than 'Thriller'. 'Thriller' is to me more of a good collection of great singles and a couple of lesser songs, while OTW might be his best album of all imo.

Miles said:

my favorite MJ song by a wide margin.

Just to be different, I don't like this tune! hehe but seriously not a fav of mine...I read MJ also did not like this song himself much but don't quote me on that

Icicle said:

DUUUUUAAAAAH.... lolololol thats a really great song... one of my favorite MJ songs...

Miles said:

Say it brotha! Off The Wall is one incredible album and it gives Thriller such a run for its money. OTW was his introduction to the wild life and I loved every minute of it. Easily its the best record he ever laid down.

Miles said:

Did you like "Off the Wall" because it was a R&B/Soul album while "Thriller" was a pop album?

Krytonite said:

I tend not to think of musical genres in that way. I treated each album as a complete work and imo think OTW to be a better record.

Soul, jazz, R&B, rock, classical - it's all just music to me!

Miles said:

Ok. Just asking.

I love it!

Krytonite said:

No problem.

Michael Jackson actually wrote Wanna Be Startin Somethin in 1979, for the Off The Wall album. He held the song back, and didn't decide to record it until the Thriller album.

Wanna Be Startin Somethin is one of my all time favorite Michael Jackson song. I loved his live performance of it on the 1988 leg of the Bad Tour.

It's a great song. "You're a vegetable, you're a vegetable..."

Anyone like "Body" from the Jacksons "Victory" album?

The song sound just like "Wanna be startin` somethin`".

"Girl I Want Your Body/So Why Don't You Come Home With Me Now"?

AlexdeParis said:

yup, such weird lyrics but a great song. WHY NO VIDEO???


your a buffet.....

I have loved this song from the first time I heard it. It's the type of song that makes you happy, makes you move and makes you sing along to, even with the silly lyrics. It's a pop masterpiece IMHO. I may dog MJ, but even I can't deny the genius of the stuff he did back in the 80's like Wanna Be Startin Somethin. Oh, I agree with the person who wondered why there wasn't a video for this song. I've wondered that for years and it most definetly deserved one.

Miles said:

Hell yeah

Great song. Off the Wall is a killer album.

So close, it's hard to pick an overall favorite. I just consider it a One-Two punch (same way I think of 1999/Purple Rain). The first one paved the way for the second one.

Se7en said:

Wanna be startin` somethin' = easily one the brightest spots of his career. Michael wasn't 100% happy with the lyrics but I think it's a pretty damn perfect song.

WildStyle said:

Hey, when the whole Thriller album was finished and Mike heard the record, legend has it that he was unstatisfied with the whole album. He stormed out of the recording studio area in tears and it took Quincy to calm him!

This is his best fast song and "Human Nature" is his best ballad.

It's just so freakishly full of energy and excitement, it can barely contain itself.

Icicle said:

Wow. I just cant imagine this song or that album not being apart of my musical universe. I remember being a small child and seeing kids breakdance on street corners with this song blasting from boom boxes. Its a perfect pop jam and it is uniquely Michael, written exclusively by him.