For the 1974 Jackson 5 track "Dancing Machine," 16-year-old Michael performed a dance known as "The Robot," where the dancer gives the appearance of being controlled by a supernatural force like a robot, with their hands and feet moving stiffly and in a clanking manner following the rhythm of the music. When a special pause in the music occurs, the robot springs back to life.
1974 年，年僅 16 歲的他在「The Jackson Five」專輯中的暢銷曲「Dancin ' Machine」中，跳著如機器人一般的「機械舞」動作，像是被一種超自然力量控制住的木偶，手腳只能無力僵直地隨著音樂節奏啪啦啪啦的擺動；但當特殊的音樂頓點落下，木偶彷彿觸電般又活了過來。