 " The Girl Is Mine " is a song recorded by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney . The track was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones . It was released as the first single for Jackson 's sixth solo album , Thriller ( 1982 ) . The song was recorded at Westlake Studios , Los Angeles , from April 14 to 16 , 1982 . The year before , Jackson and McCartney had recorded " Say Say Say " and " The Man " for the latter 's fifth solo album , Pipes of Peace ( 1983 ) . Although it was released as a single , Jackson never performed the song live . 
