Thriller (song)

Composition

!Horror actor [Vincent Price provided the spoken-word sequence around the mid-point of the song "Thriller".](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/VincentPriceinHouseonHauntedHill%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-VincentPriceinHouseonHauntedHill%28cropped%29.jpg)


Recording

!Quincy Jones produced "Thriller".


Recording

Along with the rest of the album, "Thriller" was recorded over eight weeks in 1982. It was recorded at Westlake Recording Studios on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The engineer Bruce Swedien had Jackson record his vocals in different approaches, doubling takes and recording at different distances from the microphone. Some background vocals were recorded in the studio's shower stall.

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