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Open Format track

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

Michael Jackson

BPM
122
Key
11AF# minor
DJ sets
18

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' by Michael Jackson is an Open Format track at 122 BPM in 11A (F# minor). It was found in 18 recorded DJ sets.

BPM and key are estimates from ReccoBeats, the same ones your DJ app would find. Check them on your decks.

Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
On this page
  1. Who plays it
  2. Mixes well with
  3. Remixes and versions
  4. Credits
  5. More by Michael Jackson

Who plays it

Found in 18 recorded DJ sets, counted the way the Open Format list counts them.

Mixes well with

Tracks in the same or the next key on the Camelot wheel, within 6% of its 122 BPM, from Open Format and the styles next to it.

1
Rihanna – Don't Stop The Music
Same key · +1 BPM
2
Sigala, Mae Muller & Caity Baser – Feels This Good (feat. Stefflon Don)
Same key · +2 BPM
3
Jamie xx & Honey Dijon – Baddy On The Floor
Same key · +2 BPM
4
Skrillex, Missy Elliott & Mr. Oizo – RATATA
Relative major · +2 BPM
5
Nightcrawlers – Push The Feeling On (MK Dub Revisited)
Same key · +1 BPM
6
The Weeknd & Playboi Carti – Timeless
Key −1 · −2 BPM
Mousse T. & Hot 'n' Juicy – Horny '98
Key −1 · +1 BPM
Todd Terry – Jumpin'
Relative major · +1 BPM

Remixes and versions

The Extended Mix, the remixes the big DJs play and the official versions. Press a track to hear its 30-second preview.

1
Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Single Version)
4:17
2
Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Demo)
5:43
3
Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (2008 with Akon) (with Akon) (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix)
4:14
4
Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Live 1987 FM Broadcast)
5:42
5
Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Immortal Version)
3:08
6
Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin Somethin' (live)
5:31
7
Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Tommy D's Main Mix)
7:40

Credits

Artists
Michael Jackson
Written by
Michael Jackson
Label
Epic
Release
Thriller · album · August 1, 1983
ISRC
USSM19902986

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More by Michael Jackson

1
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
39 sets. 1983. #78 on DJ Intelligence's most requested songs.
2
Michael Jackson – Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
26 sets. 1979. #83 on DJ Intelligence's most requested songs.
3
Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
22 sets. 1983.
4
Michael Jackson – Thriller (Sabo's Afro Edit)
Sabo's edit, played only at Halloween parties since 2022. He dropped it at City of God in New York, then gave it away as name your price on his label's Bandcamp (Oct 2026).
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