<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "The Girl Is Mine" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney . The track was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones . It was released as the first single for Jackson's sixth solo album, Thriller (1982). The song was recorded at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, from April 14 to 16, 1982 . The year before, Jackson and McCartney had recorded "Say Say Say" and "The Man" for the latter's fifth solo album, Pipes of Peace (1983). Although it was released as a single, Jackson never performed the song live . </P> <P> "The Girl Is Mine" achieved success in the music charts . Aside from topping the R&B singles chart, the single peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number eight in the UK . By 1985, it had sold 1.3 million copies, and was eventually certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of at least one million units . Despite the song's success, it received generally mixed reviews from critics who consider it to be the weakest song on Thriller . </P>

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