Billie Jean

"Billie Jean" almost lost its most iconic 29 seconds before it ever reached radio.

Quincy Jones hated the long instrumental intro and told Michael Jackson to cut it. Michael refused — he called it the part that makes you want to dance before a single word is sung.

The line about a paternity claim wasn't about anyone real. It was Michael's answer to years of letters from fans convinced he'd fathered their children.

What's the one intro you'd never let anyone cut?