Moonwalk (dance) Moonwalk (dance) The moonwalk is a dance move in which the dancer moves backwards while seemingly walking forwards. A popping move, the moonwalk became popular around the world after Michael Jackson performed it during a performance of "Billie Jean" on "," broadcast May 16, 1983. It became his signature move. An illusion is involved in creating the appearance of the dancer gliding backwards. Initially, the front foot is held flat on the ground, while the back foot is in a tiptoe position. The flat front foot remains on the ground but is slid lightly and smoothly backward past the tip-toe
Bad (Michael Jackson song) between Jackson and musician Prince; although the plans were not fruitful. Prince instead submitted his song "Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me" to Jackson for use on Bad, but he rejected it, so it was instead given to Taja Sevelle for her self-titled album. In Jackson's 1988 autobiography "Moonwalk", Jackson discussed the concept of "Bad", elaborating that, In a 1988 interview with "Ebony" and "Jet" magazines, Jackson said that he had gotten the idea for the song from a true story that he had read about in either "Time" or "Newsweek" magazine. Jackson stated that the story was about a