Talk:Smooth Criminal

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[edit] Lyrics

So They Came Into The Outway
It Was Sunday-What A Black Day
Every time I try to find him
He's leaving no clues-left behind him
Then I happen to of known
Of the suspect, or what to expect
Mouth To Mouth Resus-Citation
Sounding Heartbeats-Intimidations

Are the lines in the video but not in the song.[1]

[edit] Meaning?

Is there any more meaning to this song than the explicit meaning? Was Jackson referring to a specific incident? Is there any reason for the name "Annie"? --LostLeviathan 22:34, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

It's a reference to "CPR Annie", the nickname given to the female version (the male is Andy) of the CPR dummy that you practice upon. Trainees are told that before they perform CPR they must first assess the distress of the subject: they do this by gently shaking the dummy and asking "Annie, are you OK?". It would tie in with the seventh line of the excerpt above, also. Dagnabbitt 02:19, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

This also occurred to me and seems like a plausible interpretation - it would be great if we could substantiate this with a reference. Dcoetzee 06:02, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AAF Version

I think the Alien Ant Farm version of the song should be moved to its own seperate article. Anyone agree?

Fully agree. I would have thought this would have been done already..--Deon555talkReview 01:14, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. (See:Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm)). — Moe Epsilon 02:12 September 16 '06
  • Please stop splitting this article. WikiProjectSongs policy is that all versions of a song should be covered within the same article. Work on improving this article if you feel it doesn't currently offer sufficient coverage of the AAF version, but do not split the article as that is against standard procedure. GassyGuy 05:30, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
That's not neccessarily true; double-A sides tend to share an article. - Ashadeofgrey 13:24, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
And that is also something that needs to be remedied. Double A-sides should not have their own articles, even though some currently do. Those articles need to be split. GassyGuy 18:55, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I Am An Idiot

Sorry, i totally f****d up this page when trying to add the European chart positions. I am very sorry for this, can someone fix it, please? (i don't wanna mess up more) Thanks!! /Matteus

Dude, we all make mistakes ;) -- Ashadeofgrey 23:53, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


Many thanks! :) /MatteusH

[edit] fan-section of "Music video"

In "Music video" section, there are some arguments about why some fans believe one man is the smooth criminal. I don't think the things written there have any encyclopedic value. Actually, I personally think they are bullshit and should be deleted, but I won't do that just based on my own opinion. So, I'm bringing this to discussion.

I think nobody there is *the* smooth criminal. Maybe all of them are, maybe none of them is, but I don't think one specific man is the smooth criminal. I also think the arguments given are not good enough.

"the gun has a peculiar effect on this man: the force of the shot sends him flying into a brick wall ... leaving nothing behind but a hole in the wall shaped like his corpse." -> For me, Michael Jackson and the producer(s)/director(s) were just trying to make a cartoon-like joke.

--CrazyTerabyte 04:40, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Youtube links

Isn't it copyright infringement, or is it allowed to only have links? ... Should they not be removed? -- Lord Snoeckx 00:37, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

I actually removed the links before I read this talk page, and came here to comment about why I removed it. I removed 4 YouTube links as the first one was removed by youtube for copyright infringement. I see no reason why the other 3 would not be counted as copyright infringement. Further, I feel that having youtube links of copyrighted videos would actually be contributing to the "piracy" effort. There is still one more video, listed as a reference for michael falling during one of the leans. I'm going to try to find an alternative for it. If I can't then I'll just remove it altogether. ĞavinŤing 03:45, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Choreography

This song and music video is probably best known for it's choreography. Could we mention somewhere who the choreographers were? LemonLion 12:09, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sc aaf.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:07, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Missing Remix?

I have and seen a remix of the Smooth Criminal song. I believe it contains new lyrics by Wu-Tang Clan and Mobb Deep. It isn't listed in the remix section of the Smooth Criminal article, nor is it listed in Wu-Tang or Mobb Deep's pages. I have also been unable to find lyrics on any of the 3 artists/groups' pages. Is it unoffical, fan made, or is it just not well known?

Also, if you want to hear it, it's on youtube. (don't have a link) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.126.251 (talk) 03:15, 30 May 2008 (UTC)