50+ Music<p>"Smooth Criminal" is a song by the American singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MichaelJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelJackson</span></a>, released on November 14, 1988 as the seventh single from his seventh studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bad</span></a> (1987). It was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/QuincyJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuincyJones</span></a>. The lyrics describe a woman who has been attacked in her apartment by a "smooth criminal". The music video for "Smooth Criminal", which premiered internationally on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MTV</span></a> on October 13, 1988, is the centerpiece of the 1988 film <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Moonwalker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moonwalker</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCmuTH6T7fk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=RCmuTH6T7fk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>