December 2, 1983 video release: Michael Jacksons Thriller According to Wikipedia, this 13-minute-and-43-second music video (directed and produced by John Landis, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Jackson) was voted the most influential pop music video of all time. Thriller proved to have a profound effect on popular culture, and was named ‘a watershed moment for the [music] industry’ for its unprecedented merging of filmmaking and music. Guinness World Records listed it in 2006 as the ‘most successful music video, selling over 9 million units. In 2009, the video was inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, the first music video to ever receive this honor, for being ‘culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.’ It’s also the most watched music video of all time, seen by more than 4 billion people all over the world.” My favourite part is the Zombie choreography...
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