--- description: The King of Pop like you've never heard him before title: Listen to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" Performed on Beer Bottles image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" Performed on Beer Bottles by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2014 4:20 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2014 4:20 PM CUT The quintet known as[ the Bottle Boys ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp96ZKaODsGQwWYCR5T3DeA "undefined")are back, proving once again that beer bottles can become legitimate musical instruments when paired with skill and determination. Check out their latest endeavor: a cover of “Billie Jean” performed with a new technique they call “double bottle playing.” If you’re thirsty for more bottle jams, check out their previous cover of Jason Derulo’s “Talk Dirty”: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2809538/heres-michael-jacksons-billie-jean-performed-on-beer-bottles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2809538/heres-michael-jacksons-billie-jean-performed-on-beer-bottles/"},"headline":"Here's Michael Jackson's \"Billie Jean\" Performed on Beer Bottles","datePublished":"2014-06-02T16:20:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:15.049Z","description":"The King of Pop like you've never heard him before","url":"https://time.com/2809538/heres-michael-jacksons-billie-jean-performed-on-beer-bottles/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","viral","michael jackson"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2809538/heres-michael-jacksons-billie-jean-performed-on-beer-bottles/","name":"Here's Michael Jackson's \"Billie Jean\" Performed on Beer Bottles"}}]}] ```