The No1 song in the US on this day, December 10th 1983; was Say, Say, Say by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson from Paul McCartneys album Pipes Of Peace. It would remain at NO1 in the US for 6 weeks and would peak at No2 in the UK. This was Pauls 9th of 9 No1 singles of his career(so far). This was Michaels 6th of 13 No1s. This was the second duet between McCartney and Jackson. The first, The Girl Is Mine, appeared on Jacksons album Thriller. The video is set in the late 19th century and depicts McCartney and Jackson as hucksters conning people into buying Mac and Jacks Wonder Potion. Linda McCartney and LaToya Jackson both appear in the video. It was said that during the shooting for this video is win Michael Jackson ask Paul McCartney his opinions on buying other peoples music and Paul McCartney told him it was a good idea that he had done it and Michael said Im going to buy The Beatles music. To which Paul Laughed thinking he was joking. Michael bought the Beatles Northern Songs catalog to Pauls great consternation. After this video shoot Paul and Michael never saw each other again. The song is ranked as Michael Jacksons top-performing Billboard Hot 100 single. Heres the official video for Say, Say, Say......ENJOY!
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:22:37 +0000
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