"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson recorded for his sixth studio album Thriller (1982). It is the opening...

were released: "The Girl Is Mine", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' ", "Human Nature", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", and "Thriller"...

AllMusic explains, "... 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'' and 'Billie Jean' remain startling in their futuristic funk and 'Baby Be Mine' ... sounds positively...

in songs by many prominent artists such as Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" from his album Thriller (1982) and Rihanna's hit single "Don't...

Retrieved June 22, 2018. "July 23, 1983 Canadian Singles Chart (Wanna Be Startin' Somethin')" (PDF). RPM. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 28, 2016...

and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". In "Billie Jean", Jackson depicts an obsessive fan who alleges he has fathered her child, and in "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"...

Mya, Usher and Whitney Houston gave a rousing performance of “Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'”. The two concerts were the only times Jackson performed any...

"Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-koosa" from Jackson's 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". Both Rihanna and Jackson were sued by Cameroonian musician...

Performances include "Billie Jean", "Black or White", "Jam", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", and "Will You Be There". The concert in Bucharest on October 1, 1992...

the Dangerous World Tour ("Jam (Reprise)", "Black or White" / "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Reprise)". Michael Jackson: Elijah Johnson Recording for the...

100 top 10 singles, including "Billie Jean", "Beat It", and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". Jackson's seventh album Bad (1987) produced nine singles with...

Are Not Alone" (Single Version) - 4:55 "Human Nature" - 4:05 "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (Single Version) - 4:17 "They Don't Care About Us" (LP Edit)...

the year with "The Girl Is Mine", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Human Nature", "Say Say Say", and "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"...

"Remember the Time", "Rock with You", "Scream", "Thriller" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". Michael Jackson: lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers...

Michael also played the demos for "Billie Jean", "Beat It" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". Unfortunately, "Behind the Mask" didn't make the cut for the...

(Europe – August 5–23, 1988) Gianna Nannini (Gelsenkirchen) 1987 "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Things I Do for You" "Off the Wall" "Human Nature" "This Place...

"They Don't Care About Us" "Planet Earth" / "Earth Song" "Smile" "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "PYT (Pretty Young Thing)" / The Way You Make Me Feel" / "You...

versions of Michael Jackson's "She's Out of My Life" (1979), "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (1982) and "Beat It" (1982). The disc's fourth track is a spoken...

with many of the nine performances given high praise, including "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Human Nature", "Smooth Criminal", and "Scream", the last of...

(Immortal Version)", on November 14, 2011. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' ", on November 15, 2011. "I'll Be There " and "Dancing Machine/Blame It on the...

Music", the third single to be released from Good Girl Gone Bad, contains a sample of Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and attributes to Jackson...

of Nothing at All" Air Supply 67 "Family Man" Hall & Oates 68 "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Michael Jackson 69 "I Won't Hold You Back" Toto 70 "All Right"...

original BBC Telecast. The crowd screaming and intro before "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" is featured in Jackson's 2010 song "Behind the Mask". The concert...

2022 that construction of the city's first phase would begin in 2023 and be completed in 2028. Akon said he was inspired by the movie Black Panther, and...

mamasa, maka makossa, was later used by Michael Jackson in "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" in 1983. In 2007, Rihanna similarly sampled it too for "Don't...

ma-ma-ko-ssa" which is taken from Michael Jackson's 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". "Rehab" A sample of "Rehab", an old-styled R&B track with a...

of "HIStory", "Great Gates of Kiev" and "She Drives Me Wild") "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Stranger in Moscow" "Smooth Criminal" (contains elements of...

elements of "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", "Follow Me" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'") Act III – Opulence "Opulence" interlude (contains elements...

"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" / "Don't Stop the Music" / "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" / "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" / "Thriller" / "Jump Around"/"Otherside"...

the American leg of Live Earth. He later recorded a remix of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" by Michael Jackson for the 25th-anniversary rerelease of Jackson's...