Jackson became quite interested as McCartney paged through his booklet. Every time someone plays these songs on the radio, or in live performances, I get paid.” McCartney was then reportedly earning about $40 million a year from other people’s songs.
“Every time someone records one of these songs, I get paid. “This is the way to make big money,” he told Jackson. One night at the McCartney dinner table, Paul produced a thick booklet displaying all the song and publishing rights he owned, such as those of 1950s’ rocker Buddy Holly and others. While there, Jackson stayed at a nearby hotel, but often had dinner at the home of Paul and Linda McCartney, a Tudor estate on hundreds of acres about an hour’s drive from London. During these visits, Jackson and the McCartneys developed a friendship, sometimes hanging out in the McCartney kitchen for informal conversation. as a guest of Paul, as the two had agreed to explore joint music projects. During one of Michael’s visits to the McCartney home in 1981, Paul pro- duced a thick booklet of song publishing rights he owned. “Say, Say, Say” was recorded at Abbey Road Studios from May to September 1981. And it was during this recording visit that Jackson would be introduced to the financial value of the music publishing business. The history of this Jackson/McCartney collaboration actually predates “The Girl is Mine” single of 1982. The second song released jointly by McCartney and Jackson was “Say, Say, Say,” which would also appear on McCartney’s fifth solo album, Pipes of Peace, released in 1983. We actually recorded the track and the vocals pretty much live at the same time, and we do have footage of it…” The footage of the pair recording the song was later shown at The Paul McCartney World Tour. It was like lots of kibitzing and playing, and throwing stuff at each other, and making jokes. “One of my favorite songs to record, of all my recordings as a solo artist, is probably ‘The Girl Is Mine,’ because working with Paul McCartney was pretty exciting and we just literally had fun. Jackson stated at one point that the recording of the song was one of his most enjoyable moments in the studio. By 1985, it had sold 1.3 million copies, and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of at least two million units. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and rising to No. It soon topped the R & B singles chart, peaking at No. It was released as a single on the Epic label in mid-October of that year with “Can’t Get Outta the Rain” on the B side. “The Girl is Mine” was recorded in Los Angeles in April 1982.
The song was written by Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones for Jackson’s epic Thriller album, his sixth studio album. The first single released jointly by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson was “The Girl is Mine,” a 1982 duet by the two artists. McCartney by then already had a decade of success with his group Wings, releasing a number of singles and albums between 19. Michael Jackson at that time was just hitting his stride, having released his first solo album Off the Wall in 1979, and then his blockbuster, Thriller, in 1982. In the McCartney/Jackson collaboration of the early 1980s, the two artists produced a few singles together that were also used on each other’s albums and for music videos. However, this collaboration became a very interesting pairing given what would later transpire between McCartney and Jackson in terms of their respective business interests. More on that in moment. First the music.Ĭover of 1982 single ‘The Girl is Mine,’ featuring a Paul McCartney-Michael Jackson duet. These projects undertaken jointly between 19. In the early 1980s, Paul McCartney and pop star Michael Jackson came together briefly to produce a few songs and videos. Photo, Linda McCartney In 1970, after the Beatles broke up, each member of the group - Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison - went their separate ways musically. They each began new solo careers, making their own recordings, and sometimes working with other artists.Īfter John Lennon was killed in 1980, the three remaining Beatles came together briefly for George Harrison’s song, “All Those Years Ago.” But for the most part, they each continued working solo, with occasional collaborations. Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson in studio during their early 1980s’ collaboration.
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