What if...Michael Jackson had released "Starlight" instead of "Thriller"?

I doubt it. "Thriller" has much better lyrics. "Starlight" sounds too saccharine. The album would still be up there because of all the other songs on it, but the single wouldn't be as successful.

This actually disappoints me. I'd have thought that the music for "Thriller" was deliberately written to sound creepy-horror-movie-like, but I guess it was just a happy accident.
 
This actually disappoints me. I'd have thought that the music for "Thriller" was deliberately written to sound creepy-horror-movie-like, but I guess it was just a happy accident.

Perhaps 'Starlight' would be that kind of song with such severe lyrical dissonance that people might only prefer either the lyrics or the melody, and both would have different meanings in the cultural eye.
 
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