This Day In Music Milestones

On December 2nd 1983, MTV aired the full 14-minute version of Michael Jackson's Thriller video for the first time.
By the summer 1983 the Thriller album (which was released in November 1982) had finally appeared to have peaked and MJ looked for a way to re-spark interest and sales for the album. At the time MTV was a fledgling entertainment television channel, but after the success of the Billie jean and Beat It music videos Jackson (on the advice of Epic Records VP of Promotion Frank Dileo) decided a third music video was the way to drum up new attention for the album.

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