Signature
key confidence medium · relative E major · tempo confidence medium · half-time 58.8 · low end 44% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
Character
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Lineage
- CoveredBenjamin Gibbardsource
- Sampled byDef Squad, No Guest Listsource
- CoveredEnrico Ravasource
- Sampled byHervé, Cheap Thrills (Hervé's Exclusive Bequia dub) (Mixmag edit)source
- CoveredImogen Heapsource
- CoveredJoey DeFrancescosource
- CoveredLondon Symphony Orchestrasource
- CoveredMassed Bands of the Royal Marinessource
- Sampled byN.W.A, 100 Miles and Runnin’source
- CoveredNick Vasicsource
- Written byRod Tempertonsource
- CoveredTen Second Songssource
- CoveredThe String Cheese Incidentsource
- CoveredThierry Escaich, Romain Leleusource
- CoveredTULIP feat. Daedricsource
- CoveredVitskär Südensource
Why it is here
- The song features a spoken-word sequence performed by horror actor Vincent Price, who recorded his part in just two takes. source
- Its accompanying music video, directed by John Landis, has been called the greatest music video of all time by various publications, doubled sales of the Thriller album, and became the first music video inducted into the National Film Registry. source
- The song was written by Rod Temperton, who improvised the bassline and built a chord progression designed to escalate suspense like a stretching elastic band. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.