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Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson / Bad

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Michael Jackson

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Album

Bad

Release date

August 31, 1987

Duration

4:17

Genres

Pop

Label

Epic

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Michael Jackson

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"Smooth Criminal" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson, released on October 13, 1988, as the seventh single from his seventh studio album, Bad (1987). It was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. The lyrics describe a woman who has been attacked in her apartment.

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