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Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson star as "Mac and Jac" in the short film/music video for "Say, Say, Say", a track off of McCartney's 1983 album: "Pipes of Peace".

Michael Jackson's love interest in this short-film is played by La Toya Jackson, Michael's sister.

McCartney & Jackson had a big falling out not long after this song. Jackson asked McCartney what the best way to financially secure his future was and McCartney flippantly and jokingly the publishing rights to the Beatles songs'. This resulted in Jackson doing that very thing when the publishing rights were sold off in the mid 1980s and McCartney found himself outbid by Jackson.

McCartney & Jackson had a big falling out not long after this song. Jackson asked McCartney what the best way to financially secure his future was and McCartney flippantly and jokingly said 'to own the publishing rights to the Beatles songs'. This resulted in Jackson doing that very thing when the publishing rights were sold off in the mid 1980s and McCartney found himself outbid by Jackson.

McCartney & Jackson had a big falling out not long after this song. Jackson asked McCartney what the best way to financially secure his future was and McCartney flippantly and jokingly said owning publishing rights to the Beatles songs. This resulted in Jackson doing that very thing when the publishing rights were sold off in the mid 1980s and McCartney found himself outbid by Jackson.

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  • comment
    • Author: Boyn
    Classic tune and video. Great video by the MJ. Very iconic. Great acting and story. Everything about it is awesome.
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    • Author: Ximinon
    "Paul McCartney Feat. Michael Jackson: Say Say Say" is a pretty telling title here as you can see the names of the two singers as well as the name of the song for which we got the music video here. This is from 1983, so it has its 35th anniversary this year and it runs for pretty much exactly 5 minutes. Given that here we got two people who are considered by most to be among the top5 defining musicians of the 20th century, maybe even the top2, the outcome feels really shallow and unimpressive to me. Jackson is maybe a bit better than Macca here, but also not too great and the fact that no further collaborations followed says it all basically about the quality of this one. La Toya is forgettable, Linda is embarrassing. I know you should not talk badly about the dead and I respect her for a lot she did, but her appearance in here certainly was no revelation gently-speaking. When two such big names come up with a duet, you'd expect it to be covered many times in the years and decades to come and this did not happen either. It's nowhere near the most known Jac and Mac had to offer and for good reason. Oh yeah, Oscar winner Art Carney is in here too, but really almost not to be seen and he was clearly wasted with a role that any old man from the street could have played. So all in all, it's not a complete failure, maybe here and there a bit catchy, but given what it could have been, the outcome is very disappointing. Thumbs-down for writer and director Bob Giraldi's work here. Not recommended and I am glad it was this short.
  • Cast overview:
    Paul McCartney Paul McCartney
    Michael Jackson Michael Jackson
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