--- title: Watch Barack and Michelle Obama Dance to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ for Halloween | TIME description: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are not afraid to break it down — especially to spooky tunes during the White House’s annual Halloween party. canonical: https://time.com/video/gDGX88T0/ og:title: Watch Barack and Michelle Obama Dance to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ for Halloween og:description: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are not afraid to break it down — especially to spooky tunes during the White House’s annual Halloween party. og:url: https://time.com/video/gDGX88T0/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/gDGX88T0/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Barack and Michelle Obama Dance to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ for Halloween twitter:description: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are not afraid to break it down — especially to spooky tunes during the White House’s annual Halloween party. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/gDGX88T0/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # Watch Barack and Michelle Obama Dance to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ for Halloween ## Video: Watch Barack and Michelle Obama Dance to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ for Halloween [Watch (HLS stream): Watch Barack and Michelle Obama Dance to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ for Halloween](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gDGX88T0.m3u8) (0:40)  _Published 2016-10-31. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are not afraid to break it down — especially to spooky tunes during the White House’s annual Halloween party._ --- Jul 27, 2023 9:04 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [See the Newly Unveiled Official Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama](/video/kjOZ9VOE/) ### See the Newly Unveiled Official Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama [First Lady Michelle Obama Through The Years](/video/Yi5W1wnI/) ### First Lady Michelle Obama Through The Years [Michelle Obama on ](/video/YKGkVHUz/) ### Michelle Obama on --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":" Watch Barack and Michelle Obama Dance to Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ for Halloween","description":"President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are not afraid to break it down — especially to spooky tunes during the White House’s annual Halloween party.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/gDGX88T0/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-10-31T21:30:42.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gDGX88T0.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/gDGX88T0/","duration":"PT40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/gDGX88T0/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```