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Smooth Criminal is a Contemporary R&B and Dance-pop act. Their sound grew out of Fred Astaire. Those roots explain a lot about how Smooth Criminal arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Taproot, Incubus, Trapt, Adema and Cold, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alien Ant Farm, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Smooth Criminal, reaching back through Fred Astaire and forward to Alien Ant Farm. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Smooth Criminal" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson, released on October 13, 1988, as the seventh single from his seventh studio album, Bad (1987). It was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. The lyrics describe a woman named "Annie" who has been attacked in her apartment.
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Smooth Criminal connections
Smooth Criminal grew out of Fred Astaire, shares an orbit with Taproot, Incubus, Trapt and Adema, went on to shape Alien Ant Farm. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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