and a kid

john9221 · Wysłany: Czw 10:54, 31 Mar 2011

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the standards let down

I brought out "Beat It" and played it for him and he went crazy. I
felt on top of the world.
When we were about to start work on Thriller , I called Paul McCartney in London and this time I did say, "Let's get
together and write some hits." Our collaboration produced "Say Say Say" and "The Girl Is Mine."
Quincy and I eventually chose "The Girl Is Mine" as the obvious first single from Thriller . We really didn't have
much choice. When you have two strong names like that together on a song [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it has to come out first or it gets played
to death and overexposed. We had to get it out of the way.
When I approached Paul, I wanted to repay the favor he had done me in contributing "Girlfriend" to Off the Wall . I
wrote "The Girl Is Mine," which I knew would be right for his voice and mine working together, and we also did
work on "Say Say Say," which we would finish up later with George Martin [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the great Beatles producer.
"Say Say Say" was co-authored by Paul [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a man who could play all the instruments in the studio and score every part,
and a kid, me, who couldn't. Yet we worked together as equals and enjoyed ourselves. Paul never had to carry me in
that studio. The collaboration was also a real step forward for me in terms of