Although a slow seller at first, the Footloose soundtrack eventually rose to the number one spot on the Billboard Charts in April of that year, knocking Michael Jackson's Thriller out of that space.
In a 2004 Rolling Stone list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", Nevermind was ranked number seventeen, placing higher than titles like Thriller and The Dark Side of the Moon.
Today, more than 25 years later, Thriller continues to be known by generations of MJ fans, as well as those who have never heard a song by the King of Pop but recognize the isolated dance moves from the epic video.
The film Independence Day is a sci-fi action thriller in which Earth is invaded by otherworldly aliens, and the humans must fight to survive the aliens' plans to destroy their home planet.
You can visit Thrill the World's official website to look for participating cities in the next event, and see if there is a studio in your area ready to teach the great moves of Thriller.
Most recently, Thrill the World hit a record number of over 22,000 dancers in multiple countries simultaneously executing the dance steps to Thriller, simulating the famous choreography.
Tommy Lee Jones, a Texas native who still has a home there and frequently shines in cowboy roles, won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the tense cat-and-mouse thriller The Fugitive.
Born on July 26, 1964, Sandra Bullock began with minor acting roles while she was young, but her first prominent role was in the 1994 action thriller Speed starring with Keanu Reeves.
The film is a thriller in which a group of girls try to cover up the accidental death of one of their sorority sisters, only to find that they're being hunted by a serial killer.
It was reminiscent of some thriller he'd read.