Thriller (Michael Jackson album) the opinion that he was a "musical phenomenon" and that "in the world of pop music, there is Michael Jackson and there is everybody else". Jackson changed the way the industry functioned: both as an artistic persona and as a financial, profitable entity. His attorney John Branca observed that Jackson achieved the highest royalty rate in the music industry to that point: approximately $2 (US$ in dollars) for each album sold. As a result, Jackson earned record-breaking profits from compact disc sales and from the sale of copies of the documentary, "The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller", produced by Jackson
Cat People (1982 film) The song was released as a single in 1982, and Bowie included a re-recorded version of the song on his album "Let's Dance" (1983). Bowie performed the song live regularly during his 1983 "Serious Moonlight" tour. The song was also used in Quentin Tarantino's film "Inglourious Basterds" (2009) and Charlize Theron’s spy thriller "Atomic Blonde" (2017). Bowie's re-recording had guitar by a then-unknown Stevie Ray Vaughan. All compositions by Moroder, lyrics by David Bowie on "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)". Cat People (1982 film) Cat People is a 1982 American erotic horror film directed by Paul Schrader. It stars Nastassja