Alien Ant Farm recorded Smooth Criminal without intending to release the track. The label liked the track so much that it made it the first single from the album Anthology (2001). It was a huge success: it reached #1 on the American alternative rock chart, sold over 1 million copies in the US alone and became the band's biggest hit. Michael Jackson loved the version so much that he personally called to congratulate the guys.
🇯🇵 Fun fact: this song actually isn't that well known in Japan but for whatever reason got super popular abroad.
Because of that, you can sometimes hear it playing at some shops.
One of the funniest moments in This Is the End (2013) is the Backstreet Boys performing “Everybody”.
Seth Rogen said Morgan Freeman was supposed to play God at first, but after he passed, they went with that ending.