Wanna be startin 'somethin'
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Wanna Be Startin 'Somethin' is a song written by Michael Jackson and appeared on the 1982 album Thriller .
Emergence
Wanna Be Startin 'Somethin' was released as a single worldwide on May 8, 1983. It was produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones .
It was originally written for La Toya Jackson , but due to the impact of the song, Michael Jackson decided to sing the song himself. The recording took place in autumn 1982. The song was featured on many of Jackson's compilation albums such as B. HIStory - Past, Present and Future Book I or Michael Jackson's This Is It . The song should be played as the first song on the This is it tour.
composition
In general, the song serves as a free-running, intercultural disco song, which has similarities with the material from the album Off the Wall and whose rhythm patterns were arranged by Michael Jackson himself. The drum machine was played by Paulinho da Costa , Jerry Hey played the horn. Slant magazine rated the song as a "commercial tapestry with hook collisions and pop references". The line "Too high to get over, too low to get under" is similar to the intro of the Funkadelic classic One Nation Under a Groove from 1978.
The passage with the clap and the refrain "Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa" comes from the Manu Dibango classic Soul Makossa from 1972. This was also used for Rihanna's Don't Stop the Music . In 2007 instead of Dibango Jackson asked permission to sample the passage, Jackson concealed from her that he was not the author of the passage. Both Rihanna and Jackson were sued by Dibango for copyright infringement.
reception
Wanna Be Startin 'Somethin' has usually received positive reviews. Rolling Stone wrote: "Wanna Be Startin 'Somethin' from Thriller is a very combative title," critic Christopher Conelly pointed out that in the "hyperactive effect of the song" Jackson's emotions are so raw and that almost everything is out of control . He added that the tune sounds exciting and the hit proves unpredictable live. In 1984 the classic was nominated for the Grammy Awards , but lost to Billie Jean from the same album.
Cover versions
- 1984: Jane Fonda
- 1992: Jennifer Batten
- 1992: La Toya Jackson
- 2007: Rihanna (Don't Stop the Music)
- 2008: Michael Jackson feat. Akon (Wanna Be Startin 'Somethin' 2008)
- 2009: Madonna
- 2012: Glee
Web links
- Wanna Be Startin 'Somethin' (Live at Wembley, Jul 16, 1988)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ Release dates
- ↑ The Guardian: Rihanna and Michael Jackson sued by African singer 4 February 2009 (engl.)