It's one of the most recognizable songs in pop history, but are there facts about Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" that the average listener doesn't know?
邁克爾·杰克遜(Michael Jackson)演唱的《Bille Jean》是流行樂(lè)史上最著名的歌曲之一,但普通歌迷了解這首歌曲制作過(guò)程中的所有故事嗎?

In a word, yes: NME has published a list of 30 lesser-known tidbits about the mega-single. The whole article is certainly worth a read, but here are five pieces of "Billie Jean" trivia we found most surprising:
一言以蔽之:No。新音樂(lè)快遞(注:New Musical Express,簡(jiǎn)稱NME,英國(guó)著名流行音樂(lè)雜志)發(fā)表了一篇文章,文中列舉了這首熱門(mén)單曲三十個(gè)不廣為人知的事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)。那篇文章當(dāng)然值得品讀一番,不過(guò)這里咱們只列出五個(gè)最令人驚訝的細(xì)節(jié)看看:

1. Quincy Jones hated the song's bassline.
1、昆西·瓊斯(Quincy Jones,當(dāng)時(shí)為MJ制作專輯的著名制作人、音樂(lè)家)非常討厭《billie Jean》的貝斯調(diào)。

2. Jones also didn't want the song to appear on "Thriller."
2、昆西·瓊斯也并不希望這首歌出現(xiàn)在《顫栗》(Thriller)這張專輯中。

3. Jackson recorded the song by singing into a six-foot cardboard tube.
3、錄制時(shí),邁克爾用一個(gè)六英尺(約合183厘米)長(zhǎng)的硬紙卷當(dāng)話筒演唱了這首歌。

4. He only needed one take to record the vocals for the track.
4、邁克爾只唱一遍就錄好了這首歌所需的音軌。

5."Billie Jean" was mixed down 91 times before it hit the airwaves.
5、進(jìn)行多達(dá)91次編曲之后,《Billie Jean》才得以面世,從各之聲播出。

en]Rolling Stone placed "Billie Jean" at No. 58 on its list of the 500 Best Songs of All Time. The single also earned Jackson two of his record eight Grammys at the 1984 awards.[/en]

滾石雜志(Rolling Stone)將《Billie Jean》列在其“史上500首最偉大的歌”(500 Best Songs of All Time)名單的第58位。邁克爾·杰克遜1984年創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的八座格萊美(Grammy)獎(jiǎng)杯中,有兩座是《Billie Jean》為他贏來(lái)的。