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Release Date: 1982


Off the Wand was a massive success, spawning four oben, nach oben Ten hits (two of them number ones), but nothing could have prepared Michael Jackson for Thriller.
Nobody could have prepared anybody for the success of Thriller, since the magnitude of its success was simply unimaginable -- an album that sold 40 million copies in its initial chart run, with seven of its nine tracks reaching the oben, nach oben Ten (for the record, the terrific "Baby Be Mine" and the pretty good ballad "The Lady in My Life" are not like the others).
This was a record that had something for everybody, building on the...

All alone wishing on stars
Waiting for Du to find me
One sweet night I knew I would see
A stranger who'd be my friend

When someone in the dark reaches out to you
And touches off a spark that comes shining through
It tells Du never be afraid
Then somewhere in your herz Du can feel the glow
A light to keep Du warm when the night winds blow
Like it was written in the stars I knew
My friend, my someone in the dark was you

Promise me we'll always be
Walking the world together
Hand in hand where dreams never end
My star, sterne secret friend and me

When someone in the dark reaches out to you
And touches off a spark...