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“P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)” by Michael Jackson
From the album Thriller (1982)
“P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)” by Michael Jackson appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2018. It was first released in 1982 on the album Thriller. Its best result is #520 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,623 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Michael Jackson sings "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", but James Ingram and Quincy Jones wrote it, and they arranged it too, with Jones producing and Bruce Swedien recording and mixing. Released on September 19, 1983, it was the sixth single pulled from Thriller, and it reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, the album's sixth top-10 hit, and number 11 in the UK.
The session sounds like a party on paper: Louis Johnson on bass, Leon Ndugu Chancler on drums, Paul Jackson, Jr. on guitar, Greg Phillinganes on synthesizer, Ingram on keyboards and Michael Boddicker on vocoder, with Jackson, Ingram, Phillinganes and Steven Ray all supplying handclaps. Janet Jackson and La Toya Jackson sing backup with Bunny Hull and Becky Lopez, and Howard Hewett and Ingram add more. Monica, Justin Guarini and Kanye West are among those who have since covered or sampled it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 520 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
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