Other Covers
- 1980s/90s
- In 1986, Brazilian composer Caetano Veloso covered the song.
- In 1990, Italian singer Mina covered the song included in the album
- In 1997, British funk group Linx recorded the track and retitled it "Billie Jean Got Soul".
- In 1999, hip hop group Invisibl Skratch Piklz perform a live cover of the song at the end of "Shiggar Fragger: Volume 2" with DJ Yogafrog providing an impression of Jackson's original vocals over a vinyl single instrumental.
- 2000s
- In 2000, English musician Ian Brown covered "Billie Jean". It could be found on the b-side of "Dolphins Were Monkeys" from his second album Golden Greats.
- In 2006, the song was performed by Westlife on their Face to Face tour.
- In 2007, American rock musician Chris Cornell recorded the song for his album Carry On."
- In 2008, Chris Cornell's version was performed live by David Cook on the seventh season of American Idol.
- In 2009, the song was parodied by The Fringemunks (a group that is a parody itself of Alvin and the Chipmunks) to recap Fringe episode 1.16, "Unleashed."
- In 2009, Charice Pempengco, a Filipino recording artist and actress, performed a live of the song together with Michael V., another Filipino artist, in Charice: Home for Valentine's on GMA.
- 2010s
- In 2010 and 2011, American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars covered this song during his Doo-Wops & Hooligans tour.
- In 2010, rock and pop artist Terra Naomi covered the song acoustically on YouTube and on the album MJ Acoustic Covers - Tribute to Michael.
- In 2011, Patrick Stump covered the song in an a cappella mash-up tribute to Jackson along with several other songs over pre-recorded backing vocals.
- In 2011, hard rock band Nonpoint covered the song and made it available for free download from their Facebook page.
- In 2011, Drew Ryniewicz covered the song on X Factor - USA.
- In 2011, The Civil Wars covered the song on their album Barton Hollow.
- In 2012, In Fear and Faith covered the song in the form of a piano ballad and released it as a music video worldwide in June of that year.
- In 2012, Breathe Carolina covered the song for the Punk Goes Pop series.
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