Billie Jean Live 1983 at MOTOWN - Michael Jackson HD

[GemLabs2011]

am i the only one who thinks mike was a GREAT songwriter?

[gymini29]

i believe it was after this performance that Michael got a phone call from Fred Astaire praising him for his dancing... now that is a compliment any artist would be proud to receive

[billiejean1850]

I got 3 words...Epic, Legend, Perfect :)

[Sin6leDad]

Love that Moonwalk!! In my youth, I used to do that move, at the grade 8 dances! I thought I was the coolest kid in the room.

[janiravy]

not even a fan but listening to this you get goose bumps. real king unlike bullshit nowadays 50cents etc!

[slayerrss]

1983 = HD ? I'm missing the point

[MsFortunefoundation]

I do not want to hear suggestions like of "we don't have the king of pop music, let King Bieber or Timberlake, and other shit's!

do you wanna become King?,so you must born the king! once and for all!

Yes, I have no idea who this Bieber, Timberlake, pit bull, so what? Is it a shame?-not! a shame to not KNOW JACKSON' SONGS , and no matter how old you are 9 or 90 years!THAT Why FOREVER!

[briancalifornia1]

Same Year i was born

[Rakanmasoud]

When he said as she was more like a bueaty queen i was amazed by his voice

[elsielsie703]

hey guys the moonwalking part is at 3:35 . OMG i miss michael.missmissmissmissmissmi­ssmissmmissmissmissmissmissmis­smissmissmissmmissmissmiss him!!! :)

[MxBLaZ3]

Mikes moves nd footwork were so crispy in this time of his career . damn its so on point

[alex439ful]

im not gay or anything but he was actually a good lookin man even when he got the nose jobs n everything ya know

[BigEasyMale]

drugs helped him escape the ugliness of a world that he only wanted to see & create beauty in. the truth is......the world was/is ugly but a beautiful LEGEND never dies!

[kavefan]

The King!!!!

[phineasvscoop]

20 justins biebers no like the video xD

[TheBloodEagle27]

Michael Jackson R.I.P. (Ressurection In Progress)

[Sashaav21]

майкл джексон супер

[Zabrasive]

At his PEAK

[ronnie3704]

I used to listen to his music, watch his videos & just get pumped & lost in the moment. Now, it hurts. I feel great sadness & a deep pain in the pit of my stomach. He gave so much to people, united cultures & in the end we just turned him into "Jacko". It was wrong, & it was not accurate. This man deserved more. He deserved a childhood a life that he was never able to really experience - the way he wished he could. There'll never be anyone of his caliber ever again; he was it and that's it.

[tbspovonlife]

@ronnie3704 I totally agree. Look at the magic he brings! He was truly special and I can't agree more with how he wasn't able to lead the life he wanted too. It's really sad; I hadn't listened to him for a while becuase of the pain it brings... xwx

[TheFamilesso]

@tbspovonlife

Now that's a real Michael Jackson fan speaking. I am with you tbspovonlife

[domonchief]

total lip-synch, but who cares? great song

[juniorwf6]

legends are forever

[MrKilliansandy]

the best amazing



[kaatje74]

wauw amazing!!!!

[TheLucyshipman]

fuck u all he was awesome !!!

[callof0779]

love this music

[MONTAGNEVILLE]

19 people don't know what real music is, but 1,435 people do.

[EskilIsDaShit]

Playback? Still awsome though.

[4tay100]

Why did he lypsync? I know that history tour was almost lypsync but i can understand because he had voice problem! But in 1983 he had no voice problem

It is unbelieveable that this is playback but it's reality , he forgets to take mic to the mouth when hi hi hi is on! :)

[AlcoholSemenThrower]

@4tay100 Idk Why but he explains it in his book Moonwalker

[MegaMontano1]

3:39 = pure beast mode

[SkylonVision]

3:33 EPIC

[lookhowlongnameis]

even his socks are shinny!

[4tay100]

I think this is lypsync because this is identical to the recording the same

[myowntruth44]

@4tay100 for sure huh!

[fujikokun]

he's lip-syncing isn't he?

[123gutar]

classik :D

[flycentro123]

I hope he puts an album out soon,, he has been so quiet the last couple of years... too good to be quiet...

[walt78able]

No one will ever do it like he has done it, this is a fact, love u M.J., go ahead and try it, impossible, 1 in a zillion!!!

[defnyung]

Michael had these same moves when he came out with "Off The Wall" album. But on this night, with the Moonwalk and the song, it just turned into something magical and the rest is history!

[Lillybudsable]

He was always on the music scent, but I mean in this new form then, since he was a kid.

[Lillybudsable]

This is Epic!!!!! The KOP Blasted on the music scene and Blew Us All Away!!! Just Beautiful and Awesome he was! Love and Miss You MJ!

[kooteo]

I was 10 then....now im 38....thank Mike for the 28 glorious years of memories..."LEGEND NEVER DIES" :)

[Alienzod]

@kooteo I wasn't even born lol.

[robbedlikejason]

One of the coolest things I ever saw on television! The morning after this aired, all the kids in our elementary school were outside trying to do the moonwalk before classes began.

[leehalloran]

when he was baaaaad!!!!! ;-)

[Siralvin48]

Love this song and the dance right on!!

[vnkahcom]

sick moves! Michael is unbelievable! RIP!!! Can`t believe he is not with us...

[Jocelynharris12]

So funny story. i was dating this guy and while i was listening to the thriller album in my car, i started talkin about the motown 25 performance. He tells me that he had NEVER seen it! I slammed on my brakes, pulled over, and pulled it up on my phone. after it was over, he just sat there with his mouth open! and every time i watch this i have the same reaction. no words to describe the AWESOMENESS that was-and is Michael Jackson!

[MRNICEGYE90]

its not dislike... its dis like sssssssss hot YA MEEN

[DeaththeKiddtk1]

this should be the most viewed video on youtube wtf!!!??

[raaachel3]

He was soo beautiful! I don't know why he changed his face so much. The "moonwalk" was actually a move Michael learned from some other kids who were doing it.

[nellajoe]

There has never been anyone like him, and there never will be. Incredibile performer, musician, singer, and dancer.

[melanyebaggins]

my all time favorite MJ song <3

[DragonsCanEatFairies]

How could Michael's father say his nose was messed up. HIS NOSE IS ADORABLE STFU.

[CheckHookAssassin]

That moonwalk ripped it!

[4evermjfan2009]

I RE,EMBER SITTING INFRONT OF TV WHEN THE JACKSONS CAME OUT, I SCREAMED SO LOUD THE NEIGHBORS WERE COMPLAINING FOR ME TO SHUT UP!!!... MS 1982

[adriaeliza24]

Oh yes that I knew. That was on soul train wasn't it? But what I meant was if it was the first time Michael Jackson had done it?

[GenjiZerk]

MICHAELL! I LOVE YOU!

[OofmanRulz]

Michael not only set the bar in performances this night but he also broke it!

[jacksonsteve2712]

God when he created MJ :)

GOD: Okay I made all of Catherine kids different, but what can I do with this one?.. I know 'm gonna make this one unique! I 'm going to give him a drive and determination that no one could ever believe! I will also give him a voice that no one can touch. Oh yea he will dance on a level no one will ever reach. Give him a heart pure as the waters in heaven. He will be gentle, kind, & caring. He will love and be love by all on earth :)

[sexyprince3]

21 people can replace michael

[GenjiZerk]

I think michael jackson invented swag. and all of the above.

[jacksonsteve2712]

@GenjiZerk Your so right! :D

[LILT542]

MAN MIKE ALL I CAN SAY IS DAT WE MISS U UR MUSIC ALWAYS LIVE ON LOVE U MIKE 1958-2009

[XxAllThatRemainsxX13]

why god why? :( first i was born in the wrong generation then you take away michael :'( what life of mine

[B7Mapile]

Happy birthday MJ!

[bigscreenism1]

I remember goin to school the next day and hearin rocker dudes talking to each other goin what the fuck was that .He's a freak ...it was AWESOME.My mom listened to Off The Wall all the time,watching Thriller get bigger and bigger was as cool as Star Wars and i grew up on the Jackson 5 the 70s & 80s were dope.

[BAC36]

his best performance ever. blew my socks off when I was 14. No one will ever be like MJ.

[3681pokey]

He was lip synching to a recording, none of the musicians were playing...

[indianman1999]

at 2:20 was it just me or was mike crying?

[skeeziks05]

Mike in his PRIME!!!!!!

[setialphasix]

MAN! Mike is a mother flippin' BEAST!!!!!!

[mjluvsme1958]

Is it just me or did he look kinda tired?? But that is not was IS the best performance EVER!

[AndreaAzn]

forever amazing!!!

[TheCoats1234]

I truly miss this man. R.I.P Michael. I will always love & miss you.

[loquiti]

i miss you michael

[T3chHelp1]

3:39 moonwalk!!

[123gutar]

he is the best king ever i mean at list at the pop

[kirbithebest]

@123gutar

hes not only king of pop but king of music generally i love u mj long live!!!

[TheBanbadoo]

how the F**K can you press "Dislike" on this !!?

[shanemcdonnll]

@TheBanbadoo how the fuck is there a dislike button on a michael jackson video in the first place!! ?

[elpedorro2]

@shanemcdonnll JUST IN CASE A LITTLE KID COMES ALONG AND SAY HE RAPED HIM

AND MOLESTED HIM THAT;S WHY THERE IS THAT BUTTON!!

[adulfov003]

@shanemcdonnll well.. it was the Dr. tht killed him he just made 20 acc's and disliked it :(

R.I.P michael jackson

[ptsauthority]

@shanemcdonnll no one should dislike Michael the best dancer and singer ever 

[Frouza]

damn illuminati

[richardbaasket96]

Nobody can dance like MJ!

[Mitsubischievo7]

MJ FOREEVER AND EVER! LOVE YOU MAN!!!

PORTUGAL

[LoveMyself0811]

LOVE THIS VIDEO !!!!! <3

[miztaabubu]

awsome

[gangstaway]

3:35 - 3:44 OMG!!! you'll always be the best!

[miztaabubu]

@gangstaway he always the best!!

[kevintww]

17 people never do moonwalk before

[389gerald]

If Michael was still alive and had a singing contest he would have always won and never lost.Thumbs up if you agree.

[KPGSodaradosti]

Im crying when remember that he is dead.... Such a preformer :(

[fROmTh3fUTURe]

Best 5 minutes of my life.

[jordanaguon1]

he never changed. not once over his whole career. and people were still ALWAYS stunned by the things he did. that's a true superstar.

[daneswede1]

I was 13 years old . This person changed my life. Ill never forget it. It was Coral Springs. 1983 , The Roller Rink with all my Metal Buddies skating and chasin thang! Then the lights went down and everyone sat in the middle of the skating arena to watch Thriller video.Michael really put the zap on our heads. Theyll never be another . I hope justice is done. I dont know what kind of justice exactly will come from his death but it really hit me hard when he went. R.I.P Mike

[samelpan]

3:36 FIRST MOONWALK EVER!!!!!!!!!!! CROWD GOES WILLLDDDDDD.. SO SICK

[waymondo1955]

one of the biggest superstars in the world ever...in his prime !

[TheCoolestLego]

RIP Michael

[robtang10304]

Back then The Moon Walk was a myth to most people, they heard mike could do it but he'd never done it live untill now. Only those few around the block knew about it and were it came from. He couldn't of picked a better time to show the world.. I love how he teases the crowd, then BAM and they all lose there fuckin minds....... Incredible!!

[iwanttruthicanwait]

I don't even care if he lip synced this performance is AMAZING!!

[boxsn]

HD MY ASS

[NakshatraS1]

17 people who watched this video are suckers!!

[ChicagoCubs1060]

lip synced

[Dollery045]

best moon walk ever :)

[paraman1918]

I really love watching this video. I still get goose bumps.  There is a feeling that I have sometimes and I can't explain it. You know the feeling like your missing something and you check your pockets, have your keys and your wallet, and you try to figure it out and then it hits you. Michael Jackson is gone, and things just don't seem right, anymore. We lost and amazing genius that day.

[whosbad909]

those people never knew they were gonna witness world everlasting history that night

[kodak1ful]

thats an insperation of my heart r. i .p michael jackson your my favrirte

[iferraro]

The birth of the Moonwalk! Incredible!

[lukefenderrhodes]

@iferraro mikes bad

[FSMotherRussia]

I remember like it was yesterday, my mom was crying to hear Michael dying on the news... I didnt know what to think because I was young and didnt really know/respect Michael, well a few days later I began listening to his music and I started tearing from how much i missed him. Michael rest in Peace. I love you/ and we all do to!

And PS - Burn in hell all you haters to him!

Thanks :'']

[giggsa]

when put on tv they quiten the audience so we can hear the person on stage....imagine how loud that scream was when he moonwalked

[fenway2k]

It was this performance right here where Michael went from being a star to THE KING OF POP!!! Although he didn't invent the Moonwalk, he definitely made it 'his move' and introduced it to the world...RIP MJ

[luvremusic4ever]

17 people are obviously Justin Bieber fans......

[MrJoeBois]

Michael Jackson was, and always will be, in two words... a Musical Genius!!!

[bruceleebrasil]

Michael Jackson,PHENOMENAL............­.....

[lukemeister1000]

this guy is the fucking king no matter what and his past history, he made music!!!

[IpodzTalkingStuff]

i think he is mouthing it i don't think he is actually singing

[MyGodzilla99]

@IpodzTalkingStuff this is the 80's of course he lip singed, everyone did

[giggsa]

@MyGodzilla99 he is in this but stopped later in his career

[Dollery045]

@MyGodzilla99 good point lol dancing is good tho :P

[IpodzTalkingStuff]

to tell you guys the truth i don't like him white i like his music i like him just i didn't like the fact that he changed white i think it is because of his dad

[longlivestaley]

please do they need to know

[MrTubarr]

His precision is off the charts. I never saw a dancer who does each dance move so flawlessly. On top if it, seems so effortless for him..

[BlueSoda79]

Thumbs up if you skipped to the moonwalk!

[xSingerxWestendx]

BEST OF ALL TIME. MICHAEL JACKSON THE GREATEST ARTIST OF ALL TIME !

[bigbullet97]

3:39 the audience:AHHH where is all our oxygen and gravity!!!

[PublishingCult]

Watching this video again is just like watching it for the first time back in 83. Still get chills, still in awe, still have to catch my breath at that man's incredible dynamic motion. There will never be another like MJ.

[SandyC1951]

He was such a cute baby doll before he got so messed up-Saw him in Knoxville, Tenn with his brothers-Rest in Peace Michael

[Raad187KO]

MJ IS GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[malektaus2005]

saw hime 1984 during the victory tour in dallas,tx will remember that shit always

[riptorn311]

Newfound respect for Mike. That MoFo can DANCE!!!!!

[forgui1]

Playback...

[missxbutterflygirlx]

no one can ever replace michael.

[MyGodzilla99]

@missxbutterflygirlx he replaced freddy mercury+james brown >:(

[chavezlb18]

@missxbutterflygirlx ...except for Waka Flocka

[PainAddict666]

@missxbutterflygirlx Only Freddy Mercury comes close... but still I bow to Michael.

[peta541]

shallama

[MitchiMoto45]

In our lives, there are VERY few moments when we absolutely KNOW, (instantly), that our world will never be the same because of what we are seeing or just saw... This night was ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS! I remember it like it was yesterday. It did not matter if you were a rocker, punker, banger, or country bumpkin... After this performance, you absolutely knew that our entire world just changed and took an alternate path. If that is not the ultimate example of pure genius, I do not know what is!

[TheColorfulCube]

@MitchiMoto45 sounds like you need to lay off the drugs

[MJFAN216]

@MitchiMoto45 i know what you mean when i was 10 years and liked Elvis and rock i thougth that MJ was just another stupid Rapper or Hip- Hopper (dont mean that everyone are) but when i saw Thriller in MTV my mouth was open and i sayd "godamnit ho was he!!!??"

[noivad1]

@MitchiMoto45 You aint never lying seen this when I was a kid and now im 22 been watchin it ever since!

[adriaeliza24]

@MitchiMoto45 was this the first appearance of the infamous moonwalk?

[manouille76]

yea michael

[Sebhes1111]

THE BEST! WITH CAPITAL BEST

[Draamm]

WOW! Just plain WOW! Thank you MJ....Miss you...

[IamNightSky09]

Awesome is the only word that describes...

[carmit100]

i miss him

[acezzoverkingzz]

how did this video not top a million?

[rayix92]

love you mj



[blaquescarface]

I dont care if u hate Michael, this kind of music or what, but it is IMPOSSIBLE to hear this song and not want to dance!!!! Me personally i CANT be still when this song is playing!!!!

[smr83189]

This was the night when a legend was born and a king took his throne!

[Mat93110]

Awesome

[gomesjegomesje]

the quality i sgood for something that was in 1983

[derocdero]

16 people wish they can be as good as Michael.

[jammiedman212]

i can understand blind ppl listening to mj on yt but there carer should really help them towards the like button and not let them try and do it there selfs V_V

[WASSAMILY]

i bet you 500 bucks MJ is up in heaven rocking the shit outta every single person. he is umong them now. REST IN PEACE!!!!!!

[5misslady]

@WASSAMILY yup, up ther singing songs with rick james and teena marie

[ninababii646]

the 16 people that don't like this wish they could dance like him

[MiniCoch31]

How 16 stupids can't love this song ? i

[samuelsorm987321]

Michael Jackson = King Pop !! super dance, super songs ... Super Michael Jackson !!!!!

[coincui]

@samuelsorm987321 SUPER PEDO AND NIGGERS

[catchersmitt0]

at least THIS posting of this vid has the sound synchronized

[ChiipiieMiss]

elle et bien ca va

[Shisoo69]

r.i.p T.T



[RobinLang1]

NO WONDER FRED ASTAIR called him minutes after watching this to tell him He is now THE SHIT....

[italianman1992]

This is really good quality for 1983. Did you get it off of a dvd or something? Anyway this is so epic especially when he starts to dance and introduces the Moonwalk. I wish I could've been around to see this the first time but I was 6 years too late. lolz!

[plinianguy]

Oh, and 4:34 as well.

[plinianguy]

3:39

Over and over and over. YES.

[DJabdelDAFT]

See another dance click on the Google bar: break-montpellier-abdel

[jdmoonwalker12]

ugh would u guys stop riding justin biebers dick?!i cant watch my mentor perform with some damn comment about him.we all no mj is better so just leave at that.R.I.P MJ

[magooismint]

Why is everyone ignoring the fact that he's clearly miming?

[dom182]

@magooismint I have just been cycling through MJ videos and thinking this, it's not even a big deal a lot of pop artists do it but it kinda puts a stump in the "Greatest entertainer" if he isn't even singing live.

[Bannon031]

@dom182 if you were cycling through MJ vids, then you wouldve came across plenty of ones were he was singing LIVE...sang through his whole dancing routine and everything...heres one vid right here--->>> MJ live Bucharest 1992...check it out