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Which 1983 Michael Jackson music video, at roughly 14 minutes long, was so unprecedented in scale that MTV aired it as a television event rather than standard rotation?
Answer
Thriller
The 'Thriller' short film, directed by John Landis and released in December 1983, ran approximately 13–14 minutes and featured full cinematic production values, a horror narrative, and elaborate choreography. MTV treated its premiere as a special broadcast event.
💡 Did you know?
The making of 'Thriller' was itself filmed as a documentary called 'The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller,' which outsold almost every music release of 1984 as a home video.
Other options people guess
- Beat It
- Billie Jean
- Bad
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- 1980s
- michael-jackson
- music-video
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