Michael Jackson • Smooth Criminal // Jennifer Connelly • Career Opportunities

#JenniferConnelly • #80s • #80sMusic • #80sMovies • #MichaelJackson • #SmoothCriminal • #CareerOpportunities • #80sMusicHits • #1988 ••• “Smooth Criminal“ is a song by the American pop singer Michael Jackson, released on November 14, 1988, from his seventh studio album, Bad (1987). It was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. 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 MTV on October 13, 1988, is the centerpiece of the 1988 film Moonwalker. The 1930s setting and Jackson’s white suit and fedora pay tribute to the Fred Astaire musical comedy film The Band Wagon. In the video, Jackson and the dancers perform an apparently physically impossible “anti-gravity lean“. “Smooth Criminal“ reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the sixth top-10 single from Bad. It reached nu