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*There never was a music video for this song.
 
*There never was a music video for this song.
 
*It has been performed live as the first song in the Bad World Tour, the second song in the Dangerous World Tour, and as the fourth song in the HIStory World Tour.
 
*It has been performed live as the first song in the Bad World Tour, the second song in the Dangerous World Tour, and as the fourth song in the HIStory World Tour.
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*"Billie Jean" is refrenced in the lyrics of the second verse.
   
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 13:44, 28 January 2014

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Wanna Be Starting Something

Wanna Be Startin' Something is one of Michael Jackson's songs in the albums, Thriller and HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. It was released on May 8, 1983 and recorded in 1982. This song was written by Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones (with co-production by Michael Jackson). The lyrics in this song pertain to strangers spreading rumors to start an argument for no good reason.[1]

Lyrics[2]

  • Chorus:
  • I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
  • You got to be startin' somethin'
  • I said you wanna be startin' somethin'
  • You got to be startin' somethin'
  • It's too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
  • It's too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
  • You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
  • And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)
  • Too high to get over (yeah, yeah)
  • Too low to get under (yeah, yeah)
  • You're stuck in the middle (yeah, yeah)
  • And the pain is thunder (yeah, yeah)
  • I took my baby to the doctor
  • With a fever, but nothing he found
  • By the time this hit the street
  • They said she had a breakdown
  • Someone's always tryin' to start my baby cryin'
  • Talkin', squealin', lyin'
  • Sayin' you just wanna be startin' somethin'
  • (Repeat Chorus)
  • You love to pretend that you're good
  • When you're always up to no good
  • You really can't make him hate her
  • So your tongue became a razor
  • Someone's always tryin' to keep my baby cryin'
  • Treacherous, cunnin', declinin'
  • You got my baby cryin'
  • (Repeat Chorus)
  • You?re a vegetable (You?re a vegetable)
  • You?re a vegetable (You?re a vegetable)
  • Still they hate you (Still they hate you)
  • You?re a vegetable (You?re a vegetable)
  • You?re just a buffet (You?re just a buffet)
  • You?re a vegetable (You?re a vegetable)
  • They eat off of you (They eat off of you)
  • You?re a vegetable (You?re a vegetable)
  • Billie Jean is always talkin'
  • When nobody else is talkin'
  • Tellin' lies and rubbin' shoulders
  • So they called her mouth a motor
  • Someone's always tryin' to start my baby cryin'
  • Talkin', squealin', spyin'
  • Sayin' you just wanna be startin' somethin'
  • (Repeat Chorus)
  • You?re a vegetable (You?re a vegetable)
  • You?re a vegetable (You?re a vegetable)
  • Still they hate you (Still they hate you)
  • You?re a vegetable (You?re a vegetable)
  • You?re just a buffet (You?re just a buffet)
  • You?re a vegetable (You?re a vegetable)
  • They eat off of you (They eat off of you)
  • You?re a vegetable (You?re a vegetable)
  • If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)
  • Then don't have a baby (yeah, yeah)
  • And don't think ?maybe? (yeah, yeah)
  • If you can't feed your baby (yeah, yeah)
  • You'll be always tryin'
  • To stop that child from cryin'
  • Hustlin', stealin', lyin'
  • Now baby's slowly dyin'
  • (Repeat Chorus)
  • Lift your head up high
  • And scream out to the world
  • I know I am someone
  • And let the truth unfurl
  • No one can hurt you now
  • Because you know what's true
  • Yes, I believe in me
  • So you believe in you
  • Help me sing it
  • Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa, ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa...
  • (Repeat to fade)

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Chart Performance

Wanna Be Startin' Something charted 9th place out of the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 2, 1983. On July 16, the song charted at it's peak at number 5. This song also placed number 5 on the top 10 Billboard R&B Singles Chart. In the United Kingdom, this song placed 38 in the top 40 charts on June 11, 1983. The following week the song moved up 24 positions to number 14. On June 25, the song finally made it to the top 10 at number 8.

In Thriller

This song is the first track and 4th single in this album.[3]

In HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

This song is the fourteenth song on the first disc in this album.[4]

External Links

Song

Trivia

  • Rihanna copied the very end of this song to one of her songs, Don't Stop The Music.
  • There never was a music video for this song.
  • It has been performed live as the first song in the Bad World Tour, the second song in the Dangerous World Tour, and as the fourth song in the HIStory World Tour.
  • "Billie Jean" is refrenced in the lyrics of the second verse.

References