Phillinganes had co-written. The producer commented on Jackson and the project: "You always just dream of meeting him, let alone working with him. I wouldn't have believed it. I grew up in the projects in East Los Angeles and Thriller was filmed about two blocks from my house, but my mother was really strict and she wouldn't let me go to the factories—she didn't care who was filming a video there; but I'm on the 25th anniversary, 25 years later—that's pretty awesome." Entitled "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 2008", the remix was well received by Rolling Stone. The publication described the track, along with "The Girl Is Mine 2008", as being one of the best songs on the album. They noted that will.i.am "updates the songs' original sound to make them dancefloor-worthy 25 years after their release." Personnel Written, composed and arranged by James Ingram and Quincy Jones Produced by Quincy Jones Michael Jackson – lead and backing vocals Greg Phillinganes – synthesizer, synthesizer programming Michael Boddicker – Roland VP-330 vocoder, E-mu Emulator James Ingram – Portasound keyboard Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars Louis Johnson – electric bass N'dugu Chancler – drums Michael Jackson, Louis Johnson, Greg Phillinganes, James Ingram, Steven Ray – handclaps P.Y.T.'s: Janet Jackson La Toya Jackson Becky Lopez Bunny Hull Mindy Cohn Additional background vocals: James Ingram Howard Hewett Track listing45 RPMA-side "P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)" – 3:59 B-side "Workin' Day and Night" (Live-Jacksons) – 4:26Disco single''' A-side "P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)" – 3:59 B-side "This Place Hotel" – 4:41 "Thriller" (Instrumental) – 5:56 Official versions Album Version – 3:59 Demo Version – 3:47 2008 Remix with will.i.am – 4:21 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Cover versions and references to the song 2002: American Idol runner-up Justin Guarini sang "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" on the first season of the show. 2007: A part of the lyrics to Justice's "D.A.N.C.E." refer to Jackson's song, and are said to be in homage to the singer. 2011: The song is performed in the twelfth episode, "Silly Love Songs", of the second season of musical television series Glee, by character Artie Abrams (played by Kevin McHale). 2012: The Wood Brothers performed a version of the song for The A.V. Clubs A.V. Undercover series. 2017: John Gibbons covered and remixed "P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)". It has so far charted at number 12 on the UK Dance Singles Chart number 1 on