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Off the Wall is een nummer van zanger Michael Jackson. Het is de derde single van het gelijknamige album Off the Wall.

Het nummer gaat over uitgaan en gek doen, en het achterlaten van problemen: "When the world is on your shoulder/Gotta straighten up your act and boogie down." "Off the wall" betekent gek.

"Off the Wall" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson, from his fifth album of the same name (1979). It was written by English songwriter Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones, and released by Epic Records as the album's second single in the UK on November 16, 1979 and as the third single in the US on January 31, 1980. The song was first offered to Karen Carpenter, while she was working on her first solo album, but she turned it down. Lyrically, the song is about getting over troubles.

The song was well received by music critics, and became Jackson's third top 10 single from Off the Wall, which eventually spawned four top 10 singles; Jackson was the first person to accomplish this. It was performed by Jackson in five of his concert tours.