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Thriller’s 25th Anniversary

Michael Jackson’s Thriller album was released on December 1st, 1982. Today is it’s 25th anniversary! Over 25 years the album has sold over 100 million copies and the eponymous single’s groundbreaking video has spawned no end of adoration (earlier this year Thrill The World organized an international world record “simultaneous performance” of the Thriller dance in 52 cities).

In celebration of this monumental album’s 25th anniversary, here are 25 versions of the Thriller video/dance in no particular order.

1. The Original:

 

2. Philippines Prisoners Thriller:

3. A Capella Thriller


4. Oklahoma Marching Band Thriller

5. World Record Attempt Thriller (watch the guy on the left in the second row wearing the black shirt who can’t keep up):

6. Two Year-Old Thriller:

7. Two Kids From the Eighties Thriller:

8. Bollywood Thriller:

9. Full High School Thriller:

10. Wedding Thriller 1:

11. Wedding Thriller 2:

12. Wedding Thriller 3:

13. Lego Thriller:

14. Final Fantasy Spirits:

15. Hoedown Thriller (someone call Ashlee Simpson):

The rest: 16. Penn State Nittany Lions Thriller 1, 17. Penn State Nittany Lions Thriller 2, 18. Full Music Video Recreation, 19. Stick Figure Thriller, 20. Canadian Gym Thriller, 21. Second Life Thriller, 22. Overproduced Dance Recital Thriller, 23. Parking Lot/Kitchen Thriller, 24. Kid With Not Nearly Enough Room to Do The Dance Thriller, 25. Weird Ripped T-Shirt Thriller.

Oh, 25 just isn’t enough, here’s a few more: 13 Going on 30 Thriller, Pep Rally Thriller, SFC Thriller, Stripper Thriller, Nivo Thriller, Traditional Japanese Instruments Thriller, East Enders Thriller, University of Washington Dorm Thriller. Anyone got more?

Taken in part from a posting I made on Fantent before that site totally broke.



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4 Responses:

  1. Mickie Says:

    wow awesome
    What a creative way to celebrate
    25 thriller dances for 25 great yrs
    The Thriller album is IMMORTAL - still
    stands up and is timeless ..

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  2. Lisa Says:

    Wow, that opening sequence of the original video is dripping with unintentional irony, isn’t it? “I’m not like other guys…”

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  3. Ron Adams Says:

    I ran across this while searching other Thriller Videos. There’s a CRAYON VERSION OF THE DANCE in the middle of the video

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  4. Ron Adams Says:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywhva17TyFQ

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