标题：Wanna Be Startin Somethin
单曲碟曲目：
  UK 7" Single (Epic EPCA 3427)

排行榜信息：
英国:#8 美国:#5
在英国Top 40排行榜内的排名记录：38,14,8,13,21,28,出榜
“Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'”发行于1983年6月。是《Thriller》专辑内第4只单曲。它在英国排名最高达到了第8名，而在美国则名列第5。在美  国它还没有获得销量认证，但它在Top 100排行榜内停留了可观的15周时间。在R&B排行榜内它也取得了第5名的佳绩。 
这只单曲并没有取得如单曲“Beat It”那样的成功，但必须要说明的是：当时《Thriller》专辑正在疯狂销售中，而这样导致的必然后果是专辑将吃掉单曲的市场(而且单曲内又没有太多新的素材加入)，同时，该单曲也没有任何音乐录影配合销售(不像前两只单曲)。但无论怎么样，这只单曲的发售和电台广播，使当时的《Thriller》专辑继续稳居排行榜冠军位置。
在世界其他国家，该曲表现不一，在多数地方它没能打进前10名，但它在丹麦排名第1。
其它国家排行情况：德国: #16
现场表演：
Michael Jackson在他三次个人巡演中都表演了“Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'”。在The Jacksons的胜利巡演和“Bad”巡演中它被排在表演曲目首位——歌名的意义也恰如其分。在“Dangerous”巡演中它位列“Jam”后，而在“HIStory”巡演中仅次于开场串烧。　　每场演唱会上它都会被唱到。在部分“Dangerous”和“HIStory”演唱会中，Michael唱这首歌曲时，嗓音出现沙哑、喘息，主要是因为舞蹈动作的激烈所致，也可能是喉炎的问题。但在许多场演唱会中对该曲的表演还是非常成功的。遗憾的是，我们看到的为数不多的电视台播出版本(如“Dangerous巡演”布加勒斯特站和“HIStory巡演第2阶段的不莱梅站) 中  危险巡演上的表演的表演，正是Michael表现最差的时候。这使很多人错误地认为他不能现场唱好这首歌——实际上，他在如“HIStory巡演第2阶段的芬兰站上的表演有力地证明了他能唱好它。
该曲在迈克尔杰克逊的所有表演曲目中是罕见的场场真唱（要知道，欧美明星的演唱会经常对口型）其舞蹈动作也常常充满激情，尽管同时他还要演唱。路数大致一样，但“Dangerous”和“HIStory”演唱会和“Bad”巡演第二轮的舞蹈要比“Bad”巡演第一轮及以前时期的复杂。该曲几乎未在任何颁奖礼上表演过。
歌词及翻译：
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 想要挑动事端
I said you wanna be startin' somethin' 我说过你是在想要挑动事端
You got to be startin' somethin' 你一定会挑动事端
I said you wanna be startin' somethin' 我说过你是在想要挑动事端
You got to be startin' somethin' 你一定会挑动事端
It's too high to get over 事态已变得
Too low to get under 进退两难
You're stuck in the middle 而你却被卡在中间
And the pain is thunder 痛苦犹如雷鸣一般
It's too high to get over 事态已变得
Too low to get under 进退两难
You're stuck in the middle 而你却被卡在了中间
And the pain is thunder 痛苦犹如雷鸣一般
I took my baby to the doctor 我带着我的宝贝看医生，
With a fever, but nothing he found 除了有点发烧，但别无他恙
By the time this hit the street & 但与此同时，这传遍大街小巷
They said she had a breakdown 他们都传言说她身心崩溃
Someone's always tryin' to start my baby cryin' 某人总想让我的宝贝哭泣
Talkin',squealin',lyin' 议论、争吵、撒谎
Sayin' you just wanna be startin'somethin' 说明你正在挑动事端
I said you wanna be startin' somethin' 我说过你是在想要挑动事端
You got to be startin' somethin' 你一定会挑动事端
I said you wanna be startin' somethin' 我说过你是在想要挑动事端
You got to be startin' somethin' 你一定会挑动事端
It's too high to get over 事态已变得
Too low to get under 进退两难
You're stuck in the middle 而你却被卡在中间
And the pain is thunder 痛苦犹如雷鸣一般
It's too high to get over 事态已变得
Too low to get under 进退两难
You're stuck in the middle 而你却被卡在了中间
And the pain is thunder 痛苦犹如雷鸣一般
You love to pretend that you're good 你喜欢装成好人
When you're always up to no good 但你根本不算
You really can't make him hate her 你真的没法令他恨她
So your tongue became a razor 于是你变得牙尖嘴利
Someone's always tryin' to keep my baby cryin' 某人总想让我的宝贝一直哭泣
Tracherous,cunnin',declinin' 背叛、欺骗、堕落
You got my baby cryin' 是你让我的宝贝哭泣
I said you wanna be startin' somethin' 我说过你是在挑动事端
You got to be startin' somethin' 你一定会挑动事端
I said you wanna be startin' somethin' 我说你是在挑动事端
You got to be startin'somethin'  你一定会挑动事端
It's too high to get over 事态已变的
Too low to get under 进退两难
You'er stuck in the middle 而你却被卡在了中间
And the pain is thunder 痛苦犹如雷鸣一般
It's too high to get over 事态已变得
Too low to get under 进退两难
You're stuck in the middle 而你却被卡在了中间 
And the pain is thunder 痛苦犹如雷鸣一般 
you're a vegetable you're a vegetable 你只是一碟小菜
Still they hate you,you're a vegetable 他们一直都讨厌你，你只是一碟小菜
You're just a buffer, you're a vegetable 你只是一份快餐，你只是一碟小菜
They eat off of you,you'er a vegetable 他们恨不得吃掉你，你只是一碟小菜
Billie Jean is always talkin' 比利·金总爱嚼舌根
When nobody else is talkin' 没人比她更爱嚼舌根
Tellin' lies and rubbin' shoulders 极爱撒谎又爱鬼混
So they called her mouth a motor 以至别人都把她的嘴称做“马达"
Someone's always tryin' to start my baby cryin' 某人总想让我的宝贝哭泣
Talkin',squealin',spyin' 议论、争吵、窥探
Sayin'you just wanna be startin' somethin' 说明你正在挑动事端
I said you wanna be startin' somethin' 我说过你是在想要挑动事端
You got to be startin' somethin' 你一定会挑动事端
I said you wanna be startin' somethin' 我说过你是在想要挑动事端
You got to be startin' somethin' 你一定会挑动事端 
It's too high to get over 事态已变得
Too low to get under 进退两难
You're stuck in the middle 而你却被卡在中间
And the pain is thunder 痛苦犹如雷鸣一般
It's too high to get over 事态已变得
Too low to get under 进退两难
You're stuck in the middle 而你却被卡在了中间
And the pain is thunder 痛苦犹如雷鸣一般
you're a vegetable you're a vegetable 你只是一碟小菜
Still they hate you,you're a vegetable 他们一直都讨厌你，你只是一碟小菜
You're just a buffer, you're a vegetable 你只是一份快餐，你只是一碟小菜
They eat off of you,you'er a vegetable 他们恨不得吃掉你，你只是一碟小菜
If you can't feed your baby 如果你养不起你的孩子
Then don't have a baby & 那么就不要生孩子
And don't think maybe 别去考虑任何的可能性
If you can't feed your baby 如果你养不起你的孩子
You'll be always tryin' 你就应当尽量
To stop that child from cryin' 不要让孩子哭泣
Hustlin',stealin',lyin' 卖淫、偷窃、撒谎
Now baby's slowly dyin' 正使得孩子慢慢死去
I said you wanna be startin' somethin' 我说过你是在想要挑动事端
You got to be startin' somethin' 你一定会挑动事端
I said you wanna be startin' somethin' 我说过你是在想要挑动事端
You got to be startin' somethin' 你一定会挑动事端 
It's too high to get over 事态已变得
Too low to get under 进退两难
You're stuck in the middle 而你却被卡在中间
And the pain is thunder 痛苦犹如雷鸣一般
It's too high to get over 事态已变得
Too low to get under 进退两难
You're stuck in the middle 而你却被卡在了中间
And the pain is thunder 痛苦犹如雷鸣一般
Lift your head up high 高高抬起你的头
And scream out to the world 对着世界呼唤：
I know I am someone “我知道自己正是你们所说的‘某人’
And let the truth unfurl 我要让事实公布于众”
No one can hurt you now 没有人会伤害你
Because you know what's true 因为你知道什么才是真理
Yes, I believe in me 是的，我相信我自己
So you believe in you 那么你也要相信你自己
Help me sing it, 跟我一起来唱这首歌吧！
ma ma se,ma ma sa.............
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