Smooth Criminal - wikipedia Smooth Criminal `` Smooth Criminal '' Single by Michael Jackson from the album Bad B - side `` Smooth Criminal '' ( instrumental ) Released October 24, 1988 ( 1988 - 10 - 24 ) Format 7 '' 12 '' CD cassette Recorded January 1987 Genre Pop R&B funk Length 4 : 17 Label Epic Songwriter ( s ) Michael Jackson Producer ( s ) Quincy Jones Michael Jackson ( co-producer ) Michael Jackson singles chronology `` Another Part of Me '' ( 1988 ) `` Smooth Criminal '' ( 1988 ) `` Leave Me Alone '' ( 1989 ) `` Another Part of Me '' ( 1988 ) `` Smooth Criminal '' ( 1988 ) `` Leave Me Alone '' ( 1989 ) Music video `` Smooth Criminal '' on YouTube Audio sample file help `` Smooth Criminal '' is a song by American singer Michael Jackson from his 1987 album Bad. First broadcast on television as a video in early October 1988, it was released as the album 's seventh 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 albums. The song contains a 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. 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. Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Critical response 3 Music video 3.1 Anti-gravity lean 4 Live performances 5 Film adaptation 5.1 Plot 6 Personnel 7 Chart performance 8 Track listing 9 Alien Ant Farm version 9.1 Charts 9.1. 1 Weekly charts 9.1. 2 Year - end charts 9.2 Certifications 10 Glee version 11 References 12 External links Background and composition The song was written by Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones ( with Jackson as co-producer ). An early version of the song was written in 1985, and the original demo was recorded the following year under the title of `` Al Capone '' ( which was later released on Bad 25 ). This version did not make the album and was re-worked and re-written as `` Smooth Criminal. '' This song is played in the key of C major. Jackson 's vocal spans from G3 to E5. It has a moderate tempo of 118 beats per minute. The refrain of the song contains the phrase `` Annie, are you OK ? '' This is a phrase used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation ( CPR ) training courses, and Michael Jackson is known to have taken a CPR course. Resusci Anne, otherwise known as `` Annie '' in English - speaking countries, is the name of a mannequin commonly used in CPR training. As part of the course, trainees are taught to say `` Annie, are you OK ? '' to the dummy in order to check that the patient is conscious and responsive. This has been further verified by Gabriel Noguera of Cheltenham, England who claims to have been present during the training. He also claims the Bee Gees referred to the same course in their hit single ' Staying Alive '. Critical response Jason Elias of AllMusic called the song one of Jackson 's best : `` Despite the content `` Smooth Criminal '' is a gorgeous and exhilarating record. '' The New York Times ' Jon Pareles wrote : `` in Smooth Criminal, the singer finds a bloodstained carpet and an unconscious body, and asks, obsessively, Annie are you O.K. ? when, clearly, she 's not. '' Rolling Stone 's Davitt Sigerson wrote : `` Smooth Criminal '' may be the result of retiring too soon after a Brian de Palma picture. '' Music video This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2016 ) Jackson originally wanted to make the music video in the western genre, but he later decided after watching ' The Godfather ' with director Colin Chilvers to change it to a 1930s gangster style. Film was shot between mid-February and April 1987. The video premiered on MTV on October 13, 1988. Jeffrey Daniel of the soul music group Shalamar co-choreographed the `` Smooth Criminal '' video with Jackson and Vincent Paterson, who was a back - up dancer in `` Beat It '' and `` Thriller ''. It was directed by special effects coordinator Colin Chilvers. The dance sequence of the video in the 1930s style lounge ( and Michael 's white suit and fedora ) pays tribute to the Fred Astaire musical comedy film The Band Wagon. Currently there are four different versions of the video for `` Smooth Criminal '', as well as an additional vignette created for the 2009 This Is It concert series : Original Moonwalker version - This is the version included in the Moonwalker film. While technically the whole `` Smooth Criminal '' segment is about 40 minutes long, the actual `` Smooth Criminal '' song section is only about ten minutes. It is generally the most complete version of the video and includes the unedited middle section of interpretive dance with the dancers but does not include the last six seconds where a flapper fans herself after the door is shut behind Michael. In comparison to the original song this version has two lines in the second stanza added : `` Everytime I try to find him he 's leaving no clues left behind him. And they have no way of knowing of the suspect, or what to expect. '' Moonwalker edit - This version is included on History on Film, Volume II as well as Michael Jackson 's Vision and it is basically an edited version of the ten - minute song section from the `` Smooth Criminal '' segment in the film Moonwalker. It is essentially the same, however it has some minor changes including : different opening music and no dialogue, the middle section with the dancers chanting has been truncated ( some of the chanting has been shortened ) and ends similarly to the original where Michael exits the club but with the addition of the lead flapper fanning herself. Album version - This is the version of the video that is on Michael Jackson 's official website, as well as his YouTube channel. It also appears during the end credits for Moonwalker and Number Ones and was included on the Visionary single and the bonus Target exclusive DVD of Bad 25. The video is a montage of clips from the original Moonwalker version, that have either been sped up, or slowed down, and glossed with an added blur effect, as well as some alternate angles. The video is four minutes and seventeen seconds long. Throughout the video, the regular version of the song is played. Single version - This unreleased version is edited to be in sync with the single mix taken from the `` Smooth Criminal '' single released October 24, 1988. It excludes the added lyric and interlude. This video is four minutes and three seconds long. It is considered an MTV Base video. This Is It vignette - 2009 video, shot in black and white and intended to be shown during the London O2 concert series. It runs three minutes and forty - two seconds and features Jackson in a reprisal of his Moonwalker character, digitally inserted in the 1946 film noir Gilda which includes the song `` Put the Blame on Mame '' along with a few shots / scenes of his film Moonwalker. The video won Best Music Video at the 1989 Brit Awards and the Critic 's Choice awarded Jackson the `` Best Video '' award and the People 's Choice Awards for `` Favorite Music Video '' for that same year. The style of clothing as well as mannerisms Jackson portrayed were reused in the numerous adaptations of the video game Michael Jackson 's Moonwalker. The song itself serves as the background music for the `` Club 30s '' stage, the nightclub seen in the music video, that appears in the game. Anti-gravity lean Jackson performs an anti-gravity lean in the `` Smooth Criminal '' music video. In the music video, Michael Jackson and the dancers immediately around him perform a seemingly impossible forward lean ; this illusion was created using strings and wires in the music video. Without these, it would be tedious and impossible. To accomplish this manoeuvre in live shows, a hitching mechanism which Jackson co-patented was built into the floor of the stage and the performers ' shoes, thereby allowing performers to lean without needing to keep their centers of mass directly over their feet. The system consists of pegs that rise from the stage at the appropriate moment and special shoes with ankle supports and cutouts in the heels which can slide over the pegs and be temporarily attached to the stage. In the patent, it is stated that the illusion in the music video was achieved by means of harnesses and cables which had to be connected to and disconnected from the floor by stagehands. Live performances The song was performed live on all of Jackson 's tours. Bad World Tour : During the second leg of Jackson 's Bad World Tour ( 1988 - 1989 ), directed and choreographed by Jackson and Vincent Paterson. The performance featured a dance routine modeled after the scene from Moonwalker. This version of the song is available on the DVD Live at Wembley July 16, 1988. In this version, he wears the signature white suit coat with blue armband and pocket square and the white fedora over his normal outfit. The `` Hotel '' intro was performed, similar to the opening of This Place Hotel in the 1987 leg of the Bad Tour, containing a spoken introduction and Jackson 's silhouette dancing behind a lit curtain. Dangerous World Tour : By the time the 1992 Dangerous World Tour came around, this performance became a regular on Jackson tours. This time, the jacket and hat were put on top of the gold leotard. Also, the anti-gravity lean was introduced during this tour. During the Bad tour, the lean was a drop to the floor, but Jackson stopped himself before hitting it. The lean was pulled off using a special cut - out in the performers ' shoes patented by Jackson that held them to the floor using nails while they leaned forward. This performance can be seen on the DVD Live in Bucharest : The Dangerous Tour. Part of the song was also briefly used in the middle of the live version of the song `` Dangerous '' since Jackson 's performance at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards to the 2002 American Bandstand 50th Anniversary performance. History World Tour : During the 1996 - 1997 History World Tour, the costume was the coat, hat and a blue shirt and a white tie over the gold pants. The `` Hotel '' opening was scrapped for a similar opening with no spoken line, instead showcasing the background dancers and a keyboard interlude of `` Childhood '' by Brad Buxer. This Is It : The song was rehearsed for the This Is It concerts, which were scheduled to run from July 2009 to March 2010 before Jackson 's untimely death in June 2009. Rather than featuring Jackson dancing behind a lit curtain, the performance would open with a 3 - D vignette of Jackson being chased by several gangsters from early 1930s films, inserting him into the film noirs Gilda, The Big Sleep, and In a Lonely Place. The vignette would end with Jackson jumping out of a window as Humphrey Bogart shoots at him and onto the stage where he picks up a tommy gun and shoots out the lights of a marquee to spell `` Smooth Criminal ''. Throwing the tommy gun aside, Jackson would then pause for a moment before cuing the band to start the song. The performance would have also featured the return of the anti-gravity lean and the inclusion of dancers descending from the ceiling inside chandeliers that they would blow out with tommy guns. Film adaptation Further information : Moonwalker The song was adapted into a short film directed by Colin Chilvers which was the centerpiece of the 1988 film Moonwalker starring Michael Jackson and Joe Pesci in the lead roles. Plot The film begins with three homeless children -- Sean, Katie and Zeke ( Sean Lennon, Kellie Parker and Brandon Quintin Adams ) -- sneaking through a big city to see their friend Michael walk out of his store in a black suit covered over with his white jacket. As Michael stands in front of the door, he gazes at the night sky before he is attacked by mobsters with machine guns. The film then backtracks to show Michael and the children playing in a meadow in happier times. Their dog Skipper runs away, and as Michael and Katie look for him, they uncover the lair of Mr. Big ( Joe Pesci ). Mr. Big -- whose real name is Frankie LiDeo, which is an anagram of Frank DiLeo -- is a drug - dealing mobster with a disciplined private army at his command. He wants to get the entire population of Earth addicted to drugs, starting with children. He likes to eat nuts and leaves nutshells wherever he goes. He is obsessed with spiders, as displayed by their abundance at the entrance to his lair and his operation named `` bugs and drugs ''. Further, all his henchmen sport a spider crest on their uniforms. Katie screams when she sees a spider on her hand, and Mr. Big discovers them spying on his operation. The story returns to the shooting in front of Michael 's store. Unknown to the mobsters, Michael has a lucky star, and using it, he escaped the gunfire. Upon realizing that Michael has escaped again, Mr. Big orders his henchmen to track him down with dogs. Michael is eventually cornered in an alley, where he uses his lucky star again to turn into a sportscar ( the 1970 Lancia Stratos prototype ) that mows down several of Mr. Big 's henchmen. Michael is pursued through the city streets until he loses the henchmen. Meanwhile, the children scout out Club 30 's, where Michael had told them to meet him, and find only an abandoned and haunted nightclub. As Michael arrives, Katie sees a silhouette of him turning back from a car into himself, this time in a white and blue suit. The door of the club opens with a gust of wind, and Michael walks in to find it filled with zoot suiters and swing dancers. The children gather outside a window of the club and watch Michael dance to `` Smooth Criminal. '' The song used in the film is much longer than the album release, with several lyrics that clarify the story. There is also an interlude wherein Jackson joins the other dancers in a modern interpretive dance. At the climax of the song, Mr. Big lays siege to the club and kidnaps Katie. Michael follows them back to Big 's lair and ends up surrounded by his henchmen. Mr. Big appears and taunts Michael by threatening to inject Katie with highly addictive narcotics. Katie breaks free for a moment, but Mr. Big grabs her again and starts kicking Michael. As Mr. Big stands over Michael and orders his henchmen to kill him and Katie, Michael looks up and sees his lucky star. He transforms into a giant robot and kills all of Mr. Big 's soldiers, then turns into a spaceship. Mr. Big gets into a large hillside - mounted energy cannon, firing on the spaceship as it flies into a nearby ravine. The children are his next target, but the spaceship returns from the ravine just in time to fire a beam into the cannon with Mr. Big inside, destroying it and killing him. The children watch the ship fly into the night sky with a shower of light. The children return to the city, believing that Michael is gone forever. As the boys talk about Michael, Katie walks away crying and clutching a paper star. As she sits in a corner wishing for him to come back, the paper star flies out of her hand and Michael walks out of the night fog. He takes them to Club 30 's, where they find that the club has turned into the backstage area of a concert. Michael 's stage crew return the children 's missing dog and then escort Michael onto the stage where he performs `` Come Together ''. Personnel Written, composed, clap, solo and background vocals by Michael Jackson Produced by Quincy Jones Co-produced by Michael Jackson, Bill Bottrell John Robinson : Drums Bruce Swedien : Recording Engineer David Williams : Guitar, Bass guitar Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams : Saxophones Gary Grant, Jerry Hey : Trumpets Kevin Maloney : Muted Steinway piano Christopher Currell : Synclavier Certain synclavier effects by Denny Jaeger and Michael Rubini John Barnes, Michael Boddicker : Synthesizers Chief of police announcement by Bruce Swedien Michael Jackson 's heartbeat recording by Dr. Eric Chevlen ; digitally processed in the Synclavier Rhythm arrangement by Michael Jackson and John Barnes Vocal arrangement by Michael Jackson Horn arrangement by Jerry Hey Video directed by Colin Chilvers Chart performance Chart ( 1988 -- 1989 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 29 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 17 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) France ( SNEP ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) 9 Ireland ( IRMA ) Italy ( FIMI ) 7 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 29 Spain ( AFYVE ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 5 UK ( Official Charts Company ) 8 US Billboard Hot 100 7 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 10 US Billboard Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales 13 US Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Singles Chart ( 2006 ) Peak position France ( SNEP ) 61 Ireland ( IRMA ) 14 Italy ( FIMI ) 6 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 20 Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) UK ( The Official Charts Company ) 19 Chart ( 2009 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 16 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 30 Canada ( Hot Canadian Digital Singles ) 22 Denmark ( Tracklisten ) 28 Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100 Singles ) 20 France ( SNEP ) Download Chart 10 Italy ( FIMI ) 17 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 22 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 37 Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) 33 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 12 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 12 UK ( Official Charts Company ) 13 UK Download ( Official Charts Company ) 13 US Billboard Hot Digital Songs 12 Chart ( 2013 ) Peak position France ( SNEP ) 172 Chart ( 2016 ) Peak position Poland ( Polish Airplay Top 100 ) 76 Track listing 7 '' single : `` Smooth Criminal '' ( single mix ) -- 4 : 10 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( instrumental ) -- 4 : 10 12 '' maxi and CD - maxi : `` Smooth Criminal '' ( extended dance mix ) -- 7 : 46 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( extended dance mix radio edit ) -- 5 : 20 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( `` Annie '' mix ) -- 5 : 35 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( dance mix -- dub version ) -- 4 : 45 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( a cappella ) -- 4 : 12 Cassette Single / / 2 Tracks / / Smooth Criminal Smooth Criminal ( Instrumental ) Visionary single : CD side : `` Smooth Criminal '' -- 4 : 10 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( extended dance mix ) -- 7 : 45 DVD side : `` Smooth Criminal '' ( music video ( short version ) ) -- 4 : 11 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( music video ) -- 9 : 27 3 '' CD single : `` Smooth Criminal '' ( extended dance mix ) -- 7 : 46 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( `` Annie '' mix ) -- 5 : 35 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( dance mix -- dub version ) -- 4 : 45 CD promo : `` Smooth Criminal '' ( single mix ) -- 4 : 12 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( extended dance mix ) ( different from other releases ) -- 7 : 46 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( extended dance mix radio edit ) ( different from other releases ) -- 5 : 20 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( `` Annie '' mix ) ( different from other releases ) -- 5 : 35 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( dance mix -- dub version ) -- 4 : 45 `` Smooth Criminal '' ( a cappella ) -- 4 : 12 3 '' CD Japanese Single / / 2 Tracks / / Smooth Criminal Smooth Criminal ( Instrumental ) Alien Ant Farm version `` Smooth Criminal '' Single by Alien Ant Farm from the album Anthology Released July 24, 2001 Format CD Recorded 2000 Genre Nu metal funk metal Length 3 : 29 Label DreamWorks Songwriter ( s ) Michael Jackson Producer ( s ) Jay Baumgardner Alien Ant Farm singles chronology `` Movies '' ( 2001 ) `` Smooth Criminal '' ( 2001 ) `` Movies ( re-release ) '' ( 2001 ) `` Movies '' ( 2001 ) `` Smooth Criminal '' ( 2001 ) `` Movies ( re-release ) '' ( 2001 ) In 2001, Alien Ant Farm released a cover of `` Smooth Criminal '' as their debut single from their album Anthology. According to the band members, they would play a few riffs of the Jackson song while warming up before gigs and audience members would request them to play the entire song. This positive feedback encouraged them to record their own rendition of `` Smooth Criminal '' and include it on Anthology. It became a number one hit on Billboard 's Modern Rock Tracks chart and was also a number one in Australia. The music video was directed by Marc Klasfeld, and features multiple references to Michael Jackson music videos, including the `` Smooth Criminal '' video itself. The song was featured in the 2001 film American Pie 2 and the TV spot for Horrible Bosses 2. This version was featured in several video games including Karaoke Revolution, Guitar Hero On Tour : Decades and as downloadable content for the Rock Band series. The album Greatest Hits ( 1999 ) includes a hidden track named `` Slick Thief '', which is an early version of `` Smooth Criminal ''. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 2001 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 6 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia ) Denmark ( Tracklisten ) Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) France ( SNEP ) 27 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 5 Ireland ( IRMA ) Italy ( FIMI ) 11 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Norway ( VG - lista ) 7 Scotland ( Official Charts Company ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 5 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) UK Rock and Metal ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 23 US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) 18 US Modern Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) US Top 40 Mainstream ( Billboard ) 12 US Top 40 Tracks ( Billboard ) 24 Year - end charts Chart ( 2001 ) Position Australia ( ARIA ) 8 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 61 Belgium ( Ultratop Flanders ) 24 Belgium ( Ultratop Wallonia ) 55 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 43 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 42 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 48 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 39 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 32 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Australia ( ARIA ) 2 × Platinum 140,000 Germany ( BVMI ) Gold 250,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Gold 400,000 shipments figures based on certification alone sales + streaming figures based on certification alone Glee version In January 2012, Naya Rivera ( as her character Santana Lopez ) and Grant Gustin ( as Sebastian Smythe ) performed `` Smooth Criminal '' as a duet in the season three episode `` Michael '' of the American musical television show Glee, backed by musical duo 2Cellos. The song was filmed in a similar environment as the 2Cellos music video, in a room surrounded by empty chairs as the two musicians play. This cover debuted and peaked at number 26 at Billboard Hot 100, number 10 at Billboard Digital Songs, and number 28 at Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart at the week of February 18, 2012. References Jump up ^ `` Smooth Criminal ''. Michael Jackson Music. michaeljackson.com. Retrieved November 7, 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Is Michael Jackson For Real ? ''. ^ Jump up to : `` Bad > Awards ''. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010 - 01 - 27. ^ Jump up to : `` Smooth Criminal -- Michael Jackson Digital Sheet Music ( Digital Download ) ''. MusicNotes.com. Alfred Publishing Co. Inc. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Annie, are you OK ? ''. Jump up ^ `` Ophelia of the Seine '', The Guardian, December 1, 2007 Jump up ^ `` Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson - Song Info - AllMusic ''. 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External links Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal on YouTube Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal on YouTube Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion Preceded by `` Because I Got High '' by Afroman ARIA ( Australia ) number one single November 4 -- December 23, 2001 Succeeded by `` Get the Party Started '' by Pink Preceded by `` Fat Lip '' by Sum 41 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number - one single August 25, 2001 Succeeded by `` How You Remind Me '' by Nickelback Michael Jackson : Bad Side one `` Bad '' `` The Way You Make Me Feel '' `` Speed Demon '' `` Liberian Girl '' `` Just Good Friends '' Side two `` Another Part of Me '' `` Man in the Mirror '' `` I Just Ca n't Stop Loving You '' `` Dirty Diana '' `` Smooth Criminal '' Related articles `` Leave Me Alone '' Quincy Jones Bad ( tour ) Moonwalker Michael Jackson 's Moonwalker One Night in Japan Bad 25 ( film ) Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 Michael Jackson songs Discography 1970s `` Got to Be There '' `` Ai n't No Sunshine '' `` I Wanna Be Where You Are '' `` Rockin ' Robin '' `` Love Is Here and Now You 're Gone '' `` You 've Got a Friend '' `` Ben '' `` Everybody 's Somebody 's Fool '' `` My Girl '' `` Shoo - Be-Doo - Be-Doo - Da - Day '' `` We 've Got a Good Thing Going '' `` With a Child 's Heart '' `` Morning Glow '' `` All the Things You Are '' `` Happy '' `` Too Young '' `` Doggin ' Around '' `` Music and Me '' `` We 're Almost There '' `` One Day in Your Life '' `` Just a Little Bit of You '' `` You Ca n't Win '' `` Ease on Down the Road '' `` A Brand New Day '' `` Do n't Stop ' Til You Get Enough '' `` Rock with You '' `` Working Day and Night '' `` Get on the Floor '' `` Off the Wall '' `` Girlfriend '' `` I Ca n't Help It '' `` She 's Out of My Life '' `` It 's the Falling in Love '' `` Burn This Disco Out '' 1980s `` Someone in the Dark '' `` The Girl Is Mine '' `` Ca n't Get Outta the Rain '' `` Wanna Be Startin ' Somethin ' '' `` Baby Be Mine '' `` Thriller '' `` Beat It '' `` Billie Jean '' `` Human Nature '' `` P.Y.T. ( Pretty Young Thing ) '' `` The Lady In My Life '' `` You 've Really Got a Hold on Me '' `` Here I Am ( Come and Take Me ) '' `` I Hear a Symphony '' `` Lonely Teardrops '' `` That 's What Love Is Made Of '' `` I Was Made to Love Her '' `` I Just Ca n't Stop Loving You '' `` Todo Mi Amor Eres Tu '' `` Bad '' `` The Way You Make Me Feel '' `` Speed Demon '' `` Liberian Girl '' `` Just Good Friends '' `` Another Part of Me '' `` Man in the Mirror '' `` Dirty Diana '' `` Smooth Criminal '' `` Leave Me Alone '' `` Twenty - Five Miles '' 1990s `` Black or White '' `` Jam '' `` Why You Wanna Trip On Me '' `` In the Closet '' `` She Drives Me Wild '' `` Remember the Time '' `` Ca n't Let Her Get Away '' `` Heal the World '' `` Who Is It '' `` Give In to Me '' `` Will You Be There '' `` Keep the Faith '' `` Gone Too Soon '' `` Dangerous '' `` Come Together '' `` Someone Put Your Hand Out '' `` Scream '' `` Childhood '' `` They Do n't Care About Us '' `` Stranger in Moscow '' `` This Time Around '' `` Earth Song '' `` D.S. 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Question: where did annie are you ok come from
Answer: "Smooth Criminal"