HALLOWEEN - MIchael Jackson - "Thriller"

Welcome back to Hitmaker Chronicles! I'm your host, Garrett Fisher. Today, the ultimate Halloween anthem - the song that transformed music videos from promotional tools into cinematic events and gave humanity a zombie dance we'll apparently be doing forever. We'll trace how "Thriller" went from a song Michael Jackson's label thought was a novelty track to the most important music video ever made, featuring a $500,000 budget, Vincent Price's evil laugh, and choreography that launches from every graveyard every October 31st. It's a story about monsters, MTV, and how Michael Jackson literally saved the music industry by turning into a werewolf...