List of cover versions of Michael Jackson songs
Table:
Artist
Song
Year
Release

Ben Gibbard
"Thriller"
2002
Crocodile Cafe[30]

Gothminister
"Thriller"
2008
Happiness In Darkness

Gangsta's Paradise
"Bad"
2009
Paradise Of A Gangster[31]

Gérald De Palmas
"Black or White"
1995
La dernière année

Grover Washington, Jr.
"I Can't Help It"
1980
Skylarkin[32]

Ginuwine
"She's Out of My Life"
1999
100%Ginuwine

Gary Bartz
"I Wanna Be Where You Are"
1972
Juju Street Songs[33]

George Benson
"Got to Be There"
1993
Love Remembers

George Benson
"The Lady In My Life"
2011
Guitar Man

Glee Cast
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
2011
Glee: The Music, Volume 5

Glee Cast
"Thriller / Heads Will Roll"
2011
Glee: The Music, Volume 5

Gela Guralia
"Earth Song"
2013
Golos (The Voice)

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Benjamin Gibbard ( born August 11 , 1976 ) is an American singer , songwriter and guitarist . He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie , with which he has recorded nine studio albums , and as one half of the electronica act the Postal Service . Gibbard released his debut solo album , Former Lives , in 2012 , and a collaborative studio album , One Fast Move or I 'm Gone ( 2009 ) , with Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt 's Jay Farrar . While performing guitar in the band Pinwheel , Gibbard recorded a demo cassette under the moniker Death Cab for Cutie , titled You Can Play These Songs with Chords ( 1997 ) . After receiving a positive response to the material , Gibbard expanded the project into a full band , with the addition of Chris Walla ( guitar ) , Nick Harmer ( bass ) and Nathan Good ( drums ) . The following year , the band released its debut album , Something About Airplanes ( 1998 ) , on Barsuk Records , and released its follow-up , We Have the Facts and We 're Voting Yes , in 2000 .
Thriller is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones , first released on Jackson 's album Thriller on November 30 , 1982 . It was rereleased as the album 's seventh and final single on January 23 , 1984 . Thriller is a mix of disco and funk . Songwriter Rod Temperton wanted to write a theatrical song to suit Jackson 's love of film . The music and lyrics evoke horror films , with sound effects such as thunder , footsteps and wind . It ends with a spoken-word sequence performed by horror actor Vincent Price . Thriller received positive reviews and became the album 's seventh top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 , peaking at number four . It reached the top of the charts in Belgium , France and Spain as well as the top 10 in many other countries . Thriller is certified 7x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . It is one of the best-selling singles of all time having sold over 9 million copies worldwide . Following Jackson 's death , his music experienced a surge in popularity . In the week of Jackson 's death , it was Jackson 's best-selling track in the US , with sales of 167,000 copies on the Billboard Hot Digital Tracks chart .
Gothminister is a gothic/industrial metal band from Norway . Formed in 1999 , they have released five albums and have had success in Germany , playing many German music festivals , including Wave-Gotik-Treffen ( WGT ) , the Dark Storm Festival , and the M'era Luna Festival , and performing for over 10,000 people at the Schattenreich Festival .
Happiness in Darkness is the third studio album by the gothic/industrial metal band Gothminister .
Gangsta 's Paradise is a song by American rapper Coolio , featuring singer L.V . The song was released on Coolio 's album of the same name , as well as the soundtrack for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds . It samples the chorus and instrumentation of Stevie Wonder 's 1976 song Pastime Paradise . The song was listed at number 85 on Billboard 's Greatest Songs of All-Time and number one biggest selling single of 1995 on U.S . Billboard . In 2008 , it was ranked number 38 on VH1 's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop . Coolio was awarded a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance , two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video and Best Video from a Film and a Billboard Music Award for the song/album . The song was voted as the best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll . The song has sold over 5 million copies in the United States , United Kingdom and Germany alone , and at least 6 million worldwide , making it one of the best-selling singles of all time . Coolio has performed this song live at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards with L.V . and Wonder and at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards with L.V .
Bad is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson . It was released by Epic Records on September 7 , 1987 as the second single from Jackson 's third major-label and seventh studio album of the same name . The song was written and composed by Jackson , and produced by Quincy Jones and Jackson . Jackson stated that the song was influenced by a real-life story he had read about , of a young man who tried to escape poverty by attending private school but ended up being killed when he returned home . Bad received positive reviews , with some critics noting that Bad helped give Jackson an edgier image . It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 , and remained there for two weeks , becoming the album 's second number-one single , and Jackson 's eighth number one entry on the chart . It also charted on the Hot R & B Singles , Hot Dance Club Play and Rhythmic chart at number one . Bad is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . Internationally , the song was also commercially successful , charting at the top of the charts in seven other countries including Ireland , Italy , Norway , Spain and the Netherlands as well as charting in the top ten in Australia , Austria , France , Germany , New Zealand , Switzerland , Sweden and the United Kingdom . The short film for Bad premiered in a TV special , Michael Jackson : The Magic Returns , on CBS during prime time on August 31 , 1987 . It was directed by Martin Scorsese and co-starred Wesley Snipes in one of his first appearances . The video , inspired in part by the film West Side Story , which shows Jackson and a group of gangsters portraying a street gang dancing in a subway station , set at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets station .
Gérald De Palmas ( born Gérald Gardrinier , on 14 October 1967 in Saint-Denis , Réunion ) is a French singer .
Black or White is a single by American singer Michael Jackson . The song was released by Epic Records on November 11 , 1991 , as the first single from his eighth studio album , Dangerous . He co-wrote , composed , and produced it with Bill Bottrell . The song is a fusion of Rap rock , dance and hip hop . Epic Records described the song as a rock ' n ' roll dance song about racial harmony . Black or White peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 7 , 1991 , making it the fastest chart topper since The Beatles ' Get Back . It stayed there for a total of seven weeks . Jackson became the first artist to have number one hits in the 1970s , 1980s and 1990s with the song . It is certified 2x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . Around the world , Black or White hit number one in 20 countries , including the US , the UK , Canada , Mexico , Cuba , Turkey , Zimbabwe , Australia , New Zealand , Belgium , Denmark , Finland , France , Ireland , Israel , Italy , Norway , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland and the Eurochart Hot 100 . It was the best-selling single worldwide of 1992 . The music video for Black or White premiered on MTV , BET , VH1 , and Fox , which gave them their highest Nielsen ratings ever at the time , as well as the BBC 's Top of the Pops in the UK on November 14 , 1991 .
Grover Washington Jr. ( December 12 , 1943 - December 17 , 1999 ) was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist . Along with George Benson , John Klemmer , David Sanborn , Bob James , Chuck Mangione , Dave Grusin , Herb Alpert , and Spyro Gyra , he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre . He wrote some of his material and later became an arranger and producer . Throughout the 1970s and 1980s , Washington made some of the genre 's most memorable hits , including Mister Magic , Reed Seed , Black Frost , Winelight , Inner City Blues and The Best is Yet to Come . In addition , he performed very frequently with other artists , including Bill Withers on Just the Two of Us ( still in regular rotation on radio today ) , Patti LaBelle on The Best Is Yet to Come and Phyllis Hyman on A Sacred Kind of Love . He is also remembered for his take on the Dave Brubeck classic Take Five , and for his 1996 version of Soulful Strut . Washington had a preference for black nickel-plated saxophones made by Julius Keilwerth . These included a SX90R alto and SX90R tenor . He also played Selmer Mark VI alto in the early years . His main soprano was a black nickel-plated H. Couf Superba II ( also built by Keilwerth for Herbert Couf ) and a Keilwerth SX90 in the last years of his life .
Off the Wall is the fifth solo studio album by American singer Michael Jackson , released on August 10 , 1979 by Epic Records . It was Jackson 's first album released through Epic Records , the label he recorded under until his death in 2009 , and the first produced by Quincy Jones , whom he met while working on the 1978 film The Wiz . Several critics observed that Off the Wall was crafted from disco , pop , funk , R & B , soft rock and Broadway ballads . Its lyrical themes include escapism , liberation , loneliness , hedonism and romance . Between 1972 and 1975 , Jackson released a total of four solo studio albums with Motown as part of The Jackson 5 franchise ; Got to Be There ( 1972 ) , Ben ( 1972 ) , Music & Me ( 1973 ) and Forever , Michael ( 1975 ) . In 1978 , Jackson starred as Scarecrow in the film musical The Wiz . The musical scores were arranged by Jones , who formed a partnership with Jackson during the film 's production and agreed to produce Off the Wall . Before recording the project , Jackson desired to create a record not sounding like a Jacksons record but rather showcasing creative freedom and individualism . Regarding his new image for the Off the Wall era , Jackson 's manager stated , The tuxedo was the overall plan for the Off the Wall project and package . The tuxedo was our idea , the socks were Michael ' . Off the Wall peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Billboard R & B Albums chart , staying at number one on the latter for 16 weeks . The album was an enormous critical success and was ranked third in the Billboard Year-End Albums of 1980 .
Elgin Baylor Lumpkin ( born October 15 , 1970 ) , better known by his stage name Ginuwine , is an American singer , dancer , and actor . Ginuwine began his career as a member of Swing Mob in the early 1990s . Signing to Epic Records as a solo artist in the mid-1990s , Ginuwine has released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles , becoming one of R & B 's top artists during the late 1990s and early 2000s . He had significant commercial success with his first four albums : Ginuwine.The Bachelor ( 2x Platinum ) , 100% Ginuwine ( 2× Platinum ) , The Life ( Platinum ) , and The Senior ( Gold ) . According to Billboard , Ginuwine has sold roughly 7 million albums in the US .
She 's Out of My Life is a song written by American songwriter Tom Bahler and performed by American singer Michael Jackson . The song was released as the fourth single from Jackson 's 1979 album Off the Wall . In 2004 , the song appeared in The Ultimate Collection . It peaked at No . 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 , marking the first time any solo artist had ever achieved four Top 10 hits from one album . In America , it earned a million-selling Gold 45 . Unlike the album 's previous singles , which were all uptempo dance-oriented funk and disco songs , She 's Out of My Life was an emotional ballad . The song has a tempo of 66 beats per minute , making it one of Jackson 's slowest songs . The song is about a painful breakup . It has been claimed that Bahler wrote the song about Karen Carpenter , whom Bahler had briefly dated . However , he has stated , The fact is , I had already written that song by the time Karen and I became romantic . That song was written more about Rhonda Rivera .
100% Ginuwine is the second studio album from American R & B recording artist Ginuwine . It was released on March 16 , 1999 on 550 Music and distributed through Epic Records . The album peaked at # 5 on the U.S . Billboard 200 and reached the second spot on the R & B Albums chart . The album was certified gold in June 1999 and double platinum by August 2000 . It featured the hit singles What 's So Different ? , So Anxious and Same Ol ' G .
Gary Bartz ( born September 26 , 1940 ) is an American jazz saxophonist .
I Wan na Be Where You Are is a song written by Arthur T-Boy Ross and Leon Ware for Michael Jackson , who took the song to number 7 in Cash Box and number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . It also reached number 2 on the U.S. R & B singles chart in 1972 . His third straight Top 10 Pop hit during his early solo career with Motown . It was also the first collaboration between Ware and Ross , the younger brother of legendary superstar Diana Ross . This song would be one of Jackson 's most covered songs , by singers including Zulema , Marvin Gaye , Willie Hutch , Jason Weaver and later The Fugees . Ware and Ross also penned the classic Marvin Gaye hit , I Want You several years afterwards .
George Benson ( born March 22 , 1943 ) is an American guitarist , singer , and songwriter . He began his professional career at the age of 21 as a jazz guitarist . Benson uses a rest-stroke picking technique similar to that of gypsy jazz players such as Django Reinhardt . A former child prodigy , Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s , playing soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others . He then launched a successful solo career , alternating between jazz , pop , R & B singing , and scat singing . His album Breezin ' was certified triple-platinum , hitting no . 1 on the Billboard album chart in 1976 . His concerts were well attended through the 1980s , and he still has a large following . Benson has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
Got to Be There is the debut single by the American recording artist Michael Jackson , which was written by Elliot Willensky whose original version was released as his first solo single in 1971 on Motown Records . The song was produced by Hal Davis and recorded at Motown 's Hitsville West studios in Hollywood . The single became an immediate success , reaching number one on Cashbox 's pop and R & B singles charts , while reaching number four on Billboard 's pop and R & B singles charts . Released to select European countries , it also found success , reaching number five in the UK . The song was composed as a pop ballad with soul and soft rock elements . The song was musically arranged by Dave Blumberg while Willie Hutch produced its vocal arrangements . A cover version of this song by Chaka Khan from her eponymous fourth solo album reached # 5 on the R & B Charts in 1983 .
Love Remembers is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Craig Morgan . It was released in May 2008 as the first single from his fifth studio album That 's Why , his first release for the BNA Records label , as well as his eleventh top 40 hit on the Billboard country charts . Morgan wrote the song with his producer , Phil O'Donnell . The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Roman White .
Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson , released on November 30 , 1982 by Epic Records . Reunited with Off the Wall producer Quincy Jones , Jackson was inspired to create an album where every song was a killer . With the ongoing backlash against disco , Jackson moved in a different musical direction from the disco-heavy Off the Wall . Thriller features a single guest appearance , with Paul McCartney becoming the first artist to be featured on Jackson 's albums . Recording took place from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles , with a production budget of $ 750,000 . Thriller explores genres including pop , R & B , post-disco , rock and funk . Thriller became Jackson 's first number one album on the Billboard 200 . It produced seven singles : The Girl Is Mine , Billie Jean , Beat It , Wan na Be Startin ' Somethin ' , Human Nature , P.Y.T . ( Pretty Young Thing ) , and Thriller . All the singles reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart , setting the record for the most top 10 singles from an album , with Beat It and Billie Jean reaching number one on the chart . Following Jackson 's performance of Billie Jean at Motown 25 : Yesterday , Today , Forever , where he debuted his signature moonwalk dance , the sales of Thriller significantly increased , selling one million copies worldwide per week . Michael Jackson 's Thriller , the Thriller music video , was premiered to great anticipation in December 1983 and played regularly on MTV , which also increased the sales of the album .
Guitar Man is a studio album by George Benson . The album was released by Concord Jazz on October 4 , 2011 . Largely instrumental , it finds Benson revisiting his Sixties/early-Seventies guitar-playing roots with a 12-song collection of covers of both jazz and pop standards overseen by producer John Burk .
Glee ( stylized in all lowercase ) is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19 , 2009 , to March 20 , 2015 . It centers on the fictional William McKinley High School glee club , the New Directions , which competes on the show choir competition circuit while its disparate members deal with social issues , especially regarding sexuality , race , relationships , and teamwork . The initial twelve-member cast included Matthew Morrison as club director and Spanish teacher Will Schuester , Jane Lynch as cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester , Jayma Mays as guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury , Jessalyn Gilsig as Will 's wife Terri , and Dianna Agron , Chris Colfer , Kevin McHale , Lea Michele , Cory Monteith , Amber Riley , Mark Salling , and Jenna Ushkowitz as eight club members . The main cast was altered throughout the series . The series was created by Ryan Murphy , Brad Falchuk , and Ian Brennan , the latter of whom first conceived of Glee as a film . The three wrote all of the show 's episodes for the first two seasons , and Murphy and Falchuk initially served as the show 's main directors . The pilot episode was broadcast on May 19 , 2009 , and the first season aired from September 9 , 2009 , to June 8 , 2010 . Subsequent seasons aired in September through May . The sixth and final season aired from January to March 2015 . Glee features on-screen performance-based musical numbers that were selected by Murphy , who aimed to maintain a balance between show tunes and chart hits , and produced by Adam Anders and Peer Åström . Songs covered in the show were released through the iTunes Store during the week of broadcast , and a series of Glee albums have been released by Columbia Records . The music of Glee has been a commercial success , with over thirty-six million digital single sales and eleven million album sales worldwide through October 2011 .
P.Y.T . ( Pretty Young Thing ) is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson . It is the sixth single from Jackson 's sixth solo album , Thriller ( 1982 ) . The original demo version of the song was written by Jackson and Greg Phillinganes . Quincy Jones passed on the song itself but liked the title and , with James Ingram , fashioned a totally new song with that title . The demo version is featured on The Ultimate Collection ( 2004 ) . P.Y.T . ( Pretty Young Thing ) was released on September 19 , 1983 , as the penultimate single from Thriller . The single charted at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and no . 46 on the Hot Black Singles chart , becoming the sixth Top 10 hit from the album . In the UK , the song reached a peak position of 11 . The single was most successful in Belgium , charting within the Top 10 at no .
Glee : The Music , Volume 5 is the sixth soundtrack album by the cast of the musical television series Glee . Released on March 8 , 2011 through Columbia Records , it was produced executively by Dante Di Loreto and Brad Falchuk . In addition to fourteen cover versions from its second season , the album contains two of the series ' first original songs . The first of these , Get It Right , was composed specifically for cast member Lea Michele , and the other , Loser Like Me , is a group number written with Swedish songwriter Max Martin . All of its tracks have been released as singles , and have managed to place on several national record charts .
Heads Will Roll is a song by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs , released as the second single from their third studio album , It 's Blitz ! ( 2009 ) . The CD and 7-inch singles were released in the United Kingdom on June 29 , 2009 . The song is sung from the viewpoint of the Queen of Hearts in Lewis Carroll 's Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland . The song was remixed by Canadian DJ A-Trak , which has been the most notable and popular remix of the song , and later by an online American artist named JVH-C . The latter has been used in Internet memes extensively , notably meme remixes .
Gela Guralia ( Georgian : გელა გურალია ; Russian : Гела Гуралиа ) is a Georgian singer , tenor-altino . In 2013 , Guralia took third place in the Russian edition of the TV singing contest The Voice , Golos .
Earth Song is a song by American singer Michael Jackson from his ninth studio album HIStory : Past , Present and Future , Book I . It was released on November 27 , 1995 as the third single from the album . It is a ballad that incorporates elements of blues , gospel and opera . Jackson had a long history of releasing socially conscious material such as We Are the World , Man in the Mirror and Heal the World . However , Earth Song was the first that overtly dealt with the environment and animal welfare . Earth Song was made for the Dangerous album but it failed to make the final cut . The song was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson , David Foster and Bill Bottrell . Earth Song was accompanied by a lavish music video shot in four geographical regions . The video centered on the destruction and rebirth of Earth and went on to receive a Grammy nomination in 1997 . The song went number one in the United Kingdom , and was the nation 's number-one Christmas single in 1995 . It also topped the charts in Germany , Iceland , Scotland , Spain , Sweden , and Switzerland while peaking at number two in France , Ireland , and the Netherlands . Jackson went on to receive recognition from various animal and environmental organizations .
The Voice ( Russian : Голос ) is a Russian singing competition television series broadcast on Channel One . Based on the original The Voice of Holland , it has aired eight seasons and aims to find currently unsigned singing talent ( solo or duets , professional and amateur ) contested by aspiring singers , age 17 or over , drawn from public auditions . The winner is determined by television viewers voting by telephone , SMS text , and The Voice App . The winners of the eight seasons have been : Dina Garipova , Sergey Volchkov , Alexandra Vorobyova , Hieromonk Fotiy , Darya Antonyuk , Selim Alakhyarov , Petr Zakharov , and Asker Berbekov . The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists ' performances and guide their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season . They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition , thus making them the winning coach . The original panel featured Dima Bilan ( seasons 1-3 , 5-6 ) , Pelageya ( seasons 1-3 , and 6 ) , Alexander Gradsky ( seasons 1-4 , and 6 ) , and Leonid Agutin ( seasons 1-3 , 5-6 ) . Other coaches from previous seasons include Basta ( seasons 4 and 7 ) , Polina Gagarina ( seasons 4-5 and 8 ) , Grigory Leps ( seasons 4-5 ) , Ani Lorak ( season 7 ) , Sergey Shnurov ( seasons 7-8 ) , Konstantin Meladze ( seasons 7-8 ) , and Valery Syutkin ( season 8 ) . The Voice began airing on October 5 , 2012 , as an autumn-winter TV season programme . The show proved to be a hit for Channel One . On April 5 , 2019 , Channel One renewed the series through its eighth season that premiered on October 11 , 2019 .
The Voice is an international reality television singing competition franchise of Dutch origin . It is based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland , which was originally created by Dutch television producer John de Mol . Many other countries have adapted the format and begun airing their own versions since 2010 . It has become a rival to the Idols franchise , Rising Star and The X Factor .