The Girl Is Mine

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UK release date:: Oct 29, 1982

US release date:: Oct 25, 1982

Publisher:: Epic

Reference:: 34-03288

Timeline

Previous single Sep 17, 1982 • "Tug Of War / Get It" by Paul McCartney released in the UK

Article September 23-24, 1982 • Filming of “Tug Of War” promotional video

Interview 1982? • About John Lennon's death and "Here Today"

Single Oct 25, 1982 • "The Girl Is Mine" by Michael Jackson released in the US

Single Oct 29, 1982 • "The Girl Is Mine" by Michael Jackson released in the UK

Article From November 5, 1982 to December 1982 • "Give My Regards To Broad Street" filming - Phase 1

Related sessions

This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions

Recording "The Girl Is Mine"

Apr 14 - 16, 1982

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Track list

Side 1

The Girl Is Mine

Written by Michael Jackson

3:42 • Studio version • A1 • New Edited Version

Paul McCartney :: Vocals

Michael Jackson :: Producer, Vocal arrangement, Vocals

David Foster :: Synthesizer, Synthesizer arrangement

Dean Parks :: Guitar

Greg Phillinganes :: Rhodes piano

David Paich :: Piano, Rhythm arrangement

Steve Porcaro :: Synthesizer programming

Steve Lukather :: Guitar

Louis Johnson :: Bass guitar

Jeff Porcaro :: Drums

Quincy Jones :: Producer, Rhythm arrangement, Vocal arrangement

Jerry Hey :: Strings arrangement

Jerry Vinci :: Concertmaster

Session Recording:: Apr 14 - 16, 1982

Studio :: Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, USA

Side 2

Can't Get Outta the Rain

Studio version

About

From Wikipedia:

“The Girl Is Mine” is a song recorded by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. The track was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. It was released as the first single for Jackson’s sixth solo album, Thriller (1982). […]

Despite recording “Say Say Say” and “The Man” a year prior, “The Girl Is Mine” was the first song to gain a release from the duo and the first single from the Thriller album. “The Girl Is Mine” was released as a single on October 18, 1982. The single’s cover photograph was taken by McCartney’s wife, Linda. Listeners were not impressed by “The Girl Is Mine”, and thought that Jackson’s Thriller would also be a disappointment. The public felt that Jackson and the producer, Quincy Jones, had created a song for the white pop audience. Despite some of the public’s concerns, “The Girl Is Mine” achieved success in the music charts. Topping the R&B singles chart, the single peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind “Maneater” by Hall & Oates and “Down Under” by Men at Work) and the Norwegian Singles Chart. “The Girl Is Mine” reached number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The song charted at number eight in the UK, peaking within the New Zealand Top 20. By 1985, the single had sold 1.3 million copies. The single was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of at least one million units. […]