Michael Jackson: Smooth Criminal

Colin Chilvers
1988-11-14

"You've been hit by a smooth criminal"
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10 min

"Smooth Criminal" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson, released on November 14, 1988, as the seventh single 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 and the search for the attacker, who is "smooth" because he leaves no evidence as to his identity.