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The 4-minute, 54-second music video for “Billie Jean,” directed by Steve Barron, was a revolution. While MTV had been on the air for over a year, the network rarely played videos by Black artists. CBS Records president Walter Yetnikoff threatened to publicly accuse MTV of racism if they refused to play Jackson’s video. MTV, fearing the backlash, began heavy rotation.

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Sound engineer Bruce Swedien mixed the track 91 times to achieve a "sonic personality" that was crisp and unique. Ironically, after 91 attempts, the team realized they had lost the "magic" and ended up using Mix #2 for the final release. The 4-minute, 54-second music video for “Billie Jean,”

The song was inspired by the "groupies" and obsessed fans who plagued Michael and his brothers during the Jackson 5 era. Michael claimed there was a real-life "Billie Jean" (though he changed the name to protect the accused) who claimed he was the father of her twin sons. The line "The kid is not my son" was not hypothetical—it was a frustrated defense mechanism. MTV, fearing the backlash, began heavy rotation