Madalin Games: sites.google.com = Michael Jackson Search Engine = sites.google.com pobhockle (youtube channel) “Oh yeah..More Bad tour please. He’s on fire.” “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” is a song by American pop musician Michael Jackson, featured on his 1982 sixth studio album Thriller. Released as the fourth single from the album on May 8, 1983, the song peaked at number five on the American Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, topped the American Hot Black Singles and Hot Dance Club Songs charts and reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart. “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” was re-recorded with R&B artist Akon for the 2008 reissue album Thriller 25 under the title “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008″ and was released as a single, charting at number 48 on the Billboard Pop 100 in the United States. It also appears in Grand Theft Auto Vice City on Fever 105. The song ends with a chorus repeatedly singing “Mama-se, mama-sa, ma-ma-coo-sa”. The chant is a riff on one first used by Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango, who broke into the American market in 1973 with his classic “Soul Makossa”. “‘Soul Makossa’ was a big hit, in Africa, in Europe, and in America, where it came to be seen as one of the first disco records,” says Kelefa Sanneh of The New Yorker magazine. Sanneh adds that, “[Dibango] named his song after the makossa, a Cameroonian dance, but he stretched the word out, [and] played with it [so that it sounded like]: ‘Ma-mako, ma-ma-ssa, mako-makossa’.” Jackson’s …
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omg michael is hot hot hot!
hottttttt
i wuld just love to have this man on MY BED ….RIGHT NOW … MICHEAL COME RIGHT NOW
Michael looks hotter than fire <33
He´s Damn Sexy *-*
What the heck, how in the world is he able to maintain those awesome vocals with all the dancing. Its insane!!
madalin, vreau sa te rog sa.mi dai si mie ID-ul tau de mess
happy b day mj love you always mj is bad
what year?
you can tell by his condident movements and facial expressions that he knew girls thought he was a god of sex (not my opinion though, I’m a guy;P)
*makes cat like noise* He’s soo hot.
@jumpnam Yeah, you can tell that his voice wasn’t high pitched, he would drop the pitch and speed up his songs.
He is simply THE ONE! MICHAEL <3
Always the king…
4.50he looks so young ! =)
omg his voice was so darn flawless!
@Jazzy23DTeXas I think it often sounded raspy when singing this track live. Musta been quite a demanding performance, so he would drop the pitch from what you hear on the record. Further evidence that he didn’t, in fact, have a high pitched voice.
@pobhockle He ALWAYS was
@mista925 me too. i try to do that but i come out looking like a retard.
4:35 Mike should have gave this guy some dancing lessons. lol
oh my gosh this is like his PEAK of sexiness lol
I have no words anymore for this man! none i’m all out i love michael beyond WORDS! i’m soooooooo in love it’s beyond my understanding period!!!
4:20…. I wish I could do that….
Great performance!
awesome performance. love the quality (L)
his voice sounds deep and cracky here…poor Mike : (