30th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s moonwalk
Happy birthday moonwalk! Michael Jackson’s signature dance move turns 30 today.
According to ABC, Jackson first performed the moonwalk during the song "Billie Jean" for the Motown 25th anniversary special, which aired on NBC on March 25, 1983. Jackson had just released the album Thriller four months before.
Of course, the moonwalk wasn’t really Jackson’s. He borrowed it from James Brown, before he made it all his own.
Here’s how it looked, 30 years ago today. (Moonwalk is around 3:40 and 4:30.)
Emily Senger is a contributing editor. She helped Maclean’s win a gold National Magazine Award for Website of the Year. She does most of her contributing from Alberta.
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