"Smooth Criminal" is the seventh single from American recording artist Michael Jackson's
1987 Bad album. The song contains fast-
paced beat intertwined with Jackson's lyrics
about a woman named Annie, who has been
violently attacked in her apartment by a
"Smooth" assailant. First broadcast on
television as a video in early October, it was
released as a single on October 21, 1988, and
peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot
100. it was re-released on April 10 2006, as a
part of the Visionary. The Video Singles box
set. The re-released Visionary single charted
at number 19 in the UK. The song is one of
Jackson's signature songs, and has appeared
on numerous greatest hits album, including Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson,
Michael Jackson: Ultimate Collection,
King Of Pop, This is It, and Immortal.

The song serves as the theme song to
Jackson's 1988 film Moonwalker, and plays as
the background soundtrack in a section of the
video game Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.

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