Michael Jackson returns to Billboard’s Hot 100 with 1983’s ‘Thriller’

The “King of Pop” is still scaring his way up the charts all these years later.

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” returned to the Billboard charts — 40 years after it was officially released as a single. Each October, the Quincy Jones-produced, Rod Temperton-penned funk/R&B song — featuring lyrics made for its enduring movie-like music video — becomes an annual sensation during the Halloween season.