- 01“Billie Jean”Michael JacksonWhile I waited, I watched, and that meant that I saw lots of white rock and pop acts before I saw Michael Jackson: Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?,” Journey’s “Separate Ways,” Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”from the chapter
- 02“Thriller”Michael JacksonWhile I waited, I watched, and that meant that I saw lots of white rock and pop acts before I saw Michael Jackson: Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?,” Journey’s “Separate Ways,” Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”from the chapter
- 03“Say Say Say”Paul McCartney and Michael JacksonWhile I waited, I watched, and that meant that I saw lots of white rock and pop acts before I saw Michael Jackson: Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?,” Journey’s “Separate Ways,” Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”from the chapter
- 04“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”EurythmicsWhile I waited, I watched, and that meant that I saw lots of white rock and pop acts before I saw Michael Jackson: Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?,” Journey’s “Separate Ways,” Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”from the chapter
- 05“Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?”Culture ClubWhile I waited, I watched, and that meant that I saw lots of white rock and pop acts before I saw Michael Jackson: Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?,” Journey’s “Separate Ways,” Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”from the chapter
- 06“Separate Ways”JourneyWhile I waited, I watched, and that meant that I saw lots of white rock and pop acts before I saw Michael Jackson: Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?,” Journey’s “Separate Ways,” Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”from the chapter
- 07“Total Eclipse of the Heart”Bonnie TylerWhile I waited, I watched, and that meant that I saw lots of white rock and pop acts before I saw Michael Jackson: Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?,” Journey’s “Separate Ways,” Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”from the chapter
- 08“Hyperactive”Thomas DolbyBefore that could happen, one of the other guys in the room—the room I was in, not the one in the video—yelled out “Hyperactive!” I was annoyed.from the chapter
- 09“She Blinded Me with Science”Thomas DolbyI had been a big fan of his 1982 hit “She Blinded Me with Science.” I liked it because it was in E minor (see 1979 ) and also because Dolby had done something Prince also did, which was to design a song with a surprising structure.from the chapter
- 10“Sowing the Seeds of Love”Tears for FearsI learned that Dolby shared vocals with Adele Bertei, whose name rang a bell—I tracked it down, and it turns out that she served as a backup vocalist for Tears for Fears on their “Sowing the Seeds of Love” tour (see 1989 ).from the chapter
- 11ThrillerMichael JacksonI wrote it for Michael Jackson because I met with him right about the time that I was doing the video for “She Blinded Me with Science” and he was down the hall doing the video for “Billie Jean.” He was already a superstar, but this was before Thriller took off and went multi-platinum and so on.from the chapter