It’s amazing what you can learn wasting a morning on youtube. This morning’s new nugget of knowledge is that the Michael Jackson classic “Thriller” is often performed in (or by) churches. Seriously. Go look- there are dozens and dozens of them! Who knew?!
Here’s an example of “Thriller” being used as a promotional tool for a youth event. Pretty decent quality on this one
Another interesting phenomenon I noticed is the use of “Thriller” in conjunction with Christmas services. Didn’t expect those. Sometimes a “Thriller Christmas” can be high budget…
And some “Thriller Christmas” services are a bit more simplistic… but fairly hilarious (part 1 here)
Some are used to promote Small Groups programs…
And some seem to just be for the heck of it…
We can’t explain why this particular song is used so frequently by churches, but I would like to publicly announce our support for it. Keep it up, church dance troupes!