Michael Jackson - Hot Street (Lyric Video)

Hot Street is a song that Michael Jackson loved and was planned for the #Thriller album, it was first titled “Slapstick”, but its lyrics made no sense, so the songwriter of the track, Rod Temperton, decided to re-write the lyrics, and Michael loved the song so much that he wanted to help re-write it, this being the end result, however, the track's own composer Rod and Thriller album producer Quincy Jones thought it was too "poppy" for the direction the album appeared to be going, and even though Michael really wanted it on Thriller, it ended up being scrapped.

The reason for its absence on the Thriller 40 album is unknown, it's quite disconcerting, as it is one of the most outstanding and rhythmic unreleased songs that were not included on the original album.