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Thriller Day

December 1st 2007 marked 25 years since the release of the biggest selling album of all time Michael Jackson's Thriller. To celebrate this anniversary 1Xtra brought you a day of duets, refixes and remixes from the album.

Check out the original album artwork from the Special Edition of Thriller, re-released in 2001.

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Thriller virtual duets:


What would some of today's biggest artists sound like dueting with Michael? Listen now.




1. Michael Jackson - Beat It vs Chris Brown & T-Pain - Kiss Kiss
2. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Starting Something vs Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You
3. Michael Jackson - Human Nature vs Ne-Yo - Do You
4. Michael Jackson - The Girl Is Mine vs Mario - Let Me Love You vs Usher - You Don't Have To Call

Thriller refixes and remixes:


Some of today's biggest UK artists give us their versions of classic tracks from the album.




1. Young Kof - Thriller Baby
2. Baby J featuring Alex Blood, Big V, Brisco - P.Y.T. (Thriller 25 remix)
3. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Kelis Milkshake vs Biggy Nasty Girl refix)
4. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Starting Something vs Usher - Caught Up (G Child refix)
5. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean vs Timbaland - The Way I Are (1Xtra refix)


Michael Jackson

Thriller 25

Hear Kanye West, Will Smith, Chris Brown, Will I Am and Pharrell Williams pay homage to the album and have your say.

Michael Jackson

Thriller Basement

Hear the album played in full, track by track.

See the original, iconic Thriller video below as well as a recent interpretation from a prison in the Philippines!


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Related Links

Thriller Day shows
:: Dev - Thriller in 60 Secs
:: Breakfast Show - virtual duets and more
:: Rampage - Thriller Over 2 U
:: Max - Thriller documentary
:: Ace & Vis - Thriller-oke
:: MistaJam's Life After Thriller M1X

RealPlayer clips
:: Virtual Duets
:: Remixes
:: Jaguar Skills mashup

On bbc.co.uk
:: Michael Jackson in profile
:: Quincy Jones in profile
:: Off The Wall documentary

On www
:: Official site
:: Michael Jackson on Wikipedia
:: Michael Jackson on YouTube
:: Jaguar Skills on MySpace

Thriller day

What's your favourite track?

  1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
    173 votes
    (11.7%)
  2. Baby Be Mine
    46 votes
    (3.1%)
  3. The Girl Is Mine
    32 votes
    (2.2%)
  4. Thriller
    211 votes
    (14.2%)
  5. Beat It
    212 votes
    (14.3%)
  6. Billie Jean
    546 votes
    (36.8%)
  7. Human Nature
    118 votes
    (8%)
  8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
    97 votes
    (6.5%)
  9. The Lady in My Life
    49 votes
    (3.3%)

Total votes: 1484

Figures do not represent public opinion as a whole

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