Michael Jackson — Voice-Over Intro/Voice-Over Session From Thriller

[Narration] And now a behind-the-scenes treat from the original voice-over session for "Thriller", with Michael and Vincent Price. You'll also hear the never-before-released second verse of Vincent's rap, written by Rod [Bruce Swedien] Okay, tape's rolling. Any--anytime you want [Intro, take 1: Michael Jackson & Vincent Price] Hi, this is Michael Jackson This is Vincent Price Michael Jackson is... The Thriller! [Segue: Michael Jackson, Vincent Price, Bruce Swedien] *Vincent laughs* Do we both say it? Say it together? "Inviting you to." I say "inviting you to"? All right. Yeah Okay Any time. Tape's rolling [Intro, take 2: Michael Jackson, Vincent Price, Michael Jackson & Vincent Price] Hi, this is Michael Jackson And this is Vincent Price, inviting you to... The Thriller! [Verse 1: Vincent Price] Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood To terrorize your neighborhood And whosoever shall be found Without the soul for getting down Must stand and face the hounds of hell And rot inside a corpse's shell [Verse 2: Vincent Price] The demons squeal in sheer delight It's you they spy, so plump, so right For though the groove is hard to beat Yet still you stand with frozen feet You try to run, you try to scream But no more sun you'll ever see For evil reaches from the crypt To crush you in its icy grip [Verse 3: Vincent Price] The foulest stench is in the air The funk of 40,000 years And grisly ghouls from every tomb Are closing in to seal your doom And though you fight to stay alive Your body starts to shiver For no mere mortal can resist The evil of the Thriller [Outro: Vincent Price] Can you dig it? Hmmm-Hahahahaha... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Ahahahahahahah... [Post-outro: Vincent Price & Bruce Swedien] Hmmph, that's great fun! Great, thank you. Cut Okay. All right!