Randy Taraborrelli promoted the theory that “Billie Jean” was derived from a real life experience the singer faced in 1981. Every girl claimed that their son was related to one of my brothers.” There were a lot of Billie Jeans out there. They used to call them groupies in the ’60s…They would hang around backstage doors, and any band that would come to town they would have a relationship with, and I think I wrote this out of experience with my brothers when I was little. Michael Jackson claimed Billie Jean was based on the groupies that used to hang around Jackson and his brothers when they were in The Jackson 5.
Randy Taraborrelli, when you listen to the song it makes sense. It was not like it was controversial or anything, after all it was written by squeaky clean Michael Jackson, right?īut there is a darker side to the song, although not verified by Michael himself but by one of his biographers,J. Who doesn’t know this classic Michael Jackson song? I have heard the song thousands of time and never gave the lyrics a second thought.
