This record could have the best-produced chorus of all-time.

Did Michael write this?

Dunno, but I do like this song, it's very catchy!

Just found this online on Wikipedia:

The song was originally written by Jackson and Greg Phillinganes and was a mid-tempo R&B jam. Quincy Jones wanted it to be more upbeat so he re-wrote it and it was Jones' version that appeared on the Thriller album.

There's your answer.

psychodelicide said:

Thanks! But, also according to Wikipedia, the writers were "(Ingram/Jones)". Would this be James Ingram?

Ace said:

yes,it's that James Ingram He's mostly known for ballads,but apparently,he has a funky side too.He had something to do with Carl Carlton's 1981 hit "She's A Bad Mama Jama".

SoulAlive said:

I never knew James Ingram wrote the song. So now I'm confused as to who the real writers of "PYT" are. I seem to remember reading/hearing somewhere that Quincy Jones was, indeed, the one who wrote it.

psychodelicide said:

The demo Michael co-wrote can be heard on The Ultimate Collection. It's excellent (as is the album version, of course).

I use to love that song. Now I can't even stand to listen to it anymore.

Yeah, I know...that's supposedly my fucked up issue as I was told once before when I mentioned this but whatever. I'm not the one that's been accused of sleeping with P.Y.T's not once but twice!

the song itself is amazing... i love that beat.. it starts off so slow. and then gets to the base.. and then it speeds up... i love that song

James Ingram can craft a pop song. I'm not surprised he was involved with writing "P.Y.T"

Has anyone heard his track, "Better Way?" It appears on the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack. It is a great pop song. It kind of sounds like the song, "Higher Love."

AlexdeParis said:

I like that version better, only because it sounds fresh.

lilgish said:

I thought I was the only one who preferred the Demo to the original. I mean of course the original is great too , but I just prefer the demo overall. It sounds so different to the original, more of a mid-tempo song. He should have included both versions on the album.

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Please

I had a chance to talk to James a couple of years ago. I said his "P.Y.T." money put his kids through college. The man has like 6 or 8 kids!!!

tricky2 said:

He's still collecting money off PYT since Kanye West sampled the song(and slowed it down) for his GOOD LIFE song....

Love it.

Glad the song was rewritten, I'm not feelin' the demo

matthewgrant said:

I like the demo, actually. But, I feel ya'. It's not as good as the album version to me either.

Love both it and the demo...but I like the demo a bit more. Simply because it seems just more fresh. Seeing as I've heard the original 1,00000 times and probably only heard the demo 1,000 times. LOL

DawnD said:

Co-sign.

Cinnamon234 said:

I just heard the demo recently and I prefer the demo to the original too. I love the released version but there's a smoothness on the demo that I just love. Plus it doesn't really sound dated.

NO WHAT the heck is that thing saying?

I want it
The thing he likes
I want it
Nothing else

for years and years this has always been the best part of the song to me

I love both versions. PYT is the only song with a chipmunk voice I could ever listen to.

Will.I.Am's re-vamp of the original is incredible!

I always thought at the ending he was saying..

"You know I think it would be real nice, if uh, you and I could just get together..You're such a PYT. You and me"

Maybe I'm wrong.

I always pronounce it "Pyet". Rhymnes with nyet.

pee whitey

Vanilli said:

Doesn't he say...

You know I think it would be real nice, if uh, You and I could could uh, you know just get together. You're such a PYT.. to me. Pretty young thing


At the end he sings 'You and meeee' and then after that he says something but I don't know what as it fades out.

DANGEROUSx said:

You and me..

Ohh

Thinking about us you know its..
Tee hee, Ill give u all that I've got..

I had to turn up the volume to the extreme just to get that last part

paisleypark4 said:

Oooh good idea, doesn't he say 'I just wanna love you you know its.. hehe I'll give you all that I got'

I'm sure of it!

His dorky spoken come-ons perfectly contrast his confident swaggering tenor.

Timmy84 said:

That has definitely been part of his charm from the very start.