Michael Jackson — Billie Jean

The Michael Jackson biopic is doing exactly what biopics do to their subjects' back catalogs. The film Michael opened simultaneously across North America and Europe on April 24, and its trailer blends the Synclavier riff of "Beat It" with the bassline and beat of this 1982 single — sending the original surging back into rotation. Per 경향신문, the track climbed on the Billboard Global 200 within a month of the film's release, and Popbase clocked 14 consecutive days atop the Global Spotify chart. The song appears on the official Michael soundtrack alongside "Thriller" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'." Tracked across 295 country and platform charts today, more than three times its weekly average, the paternity-suit groove Quincy Jones nearly retitled "Not My Lover" is having its loudest catalog moment in years.