8 Demo Versions Of Famous Songs You'll Barely Recognise

By Brian Wilson / December 1, 2015

6. Michael Jackson €“ Billie Jean

While the music sounds pretty much as you'd expect, it's the lyrics that are absolutely unrecognisable. They aren't just different, either €“ they're completely bonkers. Not only that, but there are a bunch of random exclamations, too, from Michael laughing randomly to several uses of his famous €œhee hee."

The reason? Michael was actually making up many of the lyrics off the top of his head, as that's how he preferred to write his songs.

It's pretty fascinating to hear him work out feel of the lyrics in the middle of recording.