Michael Jackson's Song Smooth Criminal

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“The King of Pop”, better known as Michael Jackson, released “Smooth Criminal on October 21st, 1988. Jackson recorded the song at Epic Records, which is located in New York City. Michael Jackson had written two versions of this song in 1985. Then he “recorded a demo in 1986, calling it “Chicago 1945”. Then Michael changed the name and called it “Al Capone”, this version was released later on the 25th anniversary edition of the album Bad.” But, Jackson revised the song again and called “Smooth Criminal” and was put on the album Bad, which was released on August 31st,1987. “Smooth Criminal” was also released on a 7” single, 12” single, CD single, and cassette single. Jackson’s song, “Smooth Criminal” is a fiction story about a gangster and woman,