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Most underrated Michael Jackson songs
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GustyGardens
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Speed Demon doesn't get enough respect.
SliceSabre
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Butterflies. I swear its like that whole album doesn't seem to exist.
PhantomZone
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It's one of the tracks on the 25th anniversary Bad cd (the multi disc version), unless you want it jazzed up ala the Xscape release (demos and altered mixes).
Spiritreaver
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The premise of this topic is insane, it's just about every MJ song that isn't a well known hit.
The HIStory album is my pick, just look at this thread. Nearly every song from the second half of the album is posted here, but not many people mention these songs when you bring up MJ.
Scream
Stranger in Moscow
2 Bad
Money
Earth Song
Childhood
Tabloid Junkie
HIStory
Little Susie
Then you have his covers.
Smile
Come Together
I think the only songs left are You Are Not Alone (which is an obvious hit) and This Time Around (which I'm not personally a fan of).
EDIT: Oh I forgot about D.S., ehhhhhh, it's not bad.
The HIStory album is my pick, just look at this thread. Nearly every song from the second half of the album is posted here, but not many people mention these songs when you bring up MJ.
Scream
Stranger in Moscow
2 Bad
Money
Earth Song
Childhood
Tabloid Junkie
HIStory
Little Susie
Then you have his covers.
Smile
Come Together
I think the only songs left are You Are Not Alone (which is an obvious hit) and This Time Around (which I'm not personally a fan of).
EDIT: Oh I forgot about D.S., ehhhhhh, it's not bad.
"Morphine"? Genuinely surprised that not even a chorus pops up in my head.. Gotta go through my records
Bucket Mouse
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It ain't too much for me to jam
Yeah I meant "remake". The instrumentation of the original sounds very dated.
LifEndz
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Ftfy, and so this. Don't tell me you don't get goosebumps when he says "tonight...gonna leave that 9 to five up on the shelf and just enjoy yourself." Life ain't so bad at all....pure epicness. RIP to the greatest entertainer ever.
Grady Durden
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Came for this!
you're right.. there are way too many to list so you might just say all of them.. i don't know many other artists where i like to listen to more than 2-3 songs off one album.. with his albums the ratio of what i listen to vs. what i don't is almost always close to 80%-100% of his albums content which i would listen to any time of the day.
the guy was a genius, and it's really no wonder he took about 5 years and around a hundred demos for potential songs for each new solo album
it's crazy to say this because he's no.1 in many lists and his albums and concerts broke records.. but he's still so very underrated as an entertainer (singer, dancer, songwriter etc) by the general population. You only ever hear of the white gloved Moonwalking Michael Jackson. the guy who apparently was only going downhill creatively after Thriller, always chasing his peak in the early 80s. It's just such a ridiculous misconception about his creative genius in the second part of his life.
ichigo kurosaki
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As many here mentioned already, I've always loved Stranger In Moscow.
Gameboy415
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!!!
Agreed, that's what I was gonna post. The video serves fierce too with Janet. Probably his best music video (though Billy Jean is his best song imo)
Man, I'll never forget watching the world premiere of this video on the news with my parents back when I was 12 - it blew my young mind!
Yes! I was going to post this one myself - it's one of my all-time favorite MJ/Jacksons songs.
(The 'Michael Jackson's Vision' DVD set that video is from is INCREDIBLE btw!)
I also really like Can You Feel It from The Jacksons. The video is pretty cool too!
TheAbsolution
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I also agree with Dirty Diana. That song is awesome.
Yep. This is pretty much it.
I'd add This is It. But I don't know if it's actually "underrated" or just not considered one of his classics.
Werewolf Jones
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Is Scream with Janet underrated? If not then it doesn't matter anyway, that's a great song.
Sammo_1987
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There's quite a lot of MJ tracks I've stumbled upon in recent years that I never knew were quite as great as they are. I don't think there's a single album of his (post late 70s) that I don't enjoy. Choice songs are:
For All Time (from Thriller 25th anniversary)
I see this track as like a sequel or alternative to Human Nature, has a great tune and chilled feel.
Streetwalker (from Bad 25)
Another one I didn't see coming, really really like the chorus when this one gets going.
Tabloid Junkie
Probably my favourite track from HIStory bar none. Very very infectious chorus.
Give in to Me
This is a great rock track, couldn't believe how solid this was when I first heard it, great tune and atmosphere, plus Slash.
Heal the World
Don't know how underrated this one really is, but I don't see it mentioned too much in 'best MJ song' discussions. It's always about the tunes and this one knocked me for six when I first heard it, no matter how cheesy!
That'll do it for now
For All Time (from Thriller 25th anniversary)
I see this track as like a sequel or alternative to Human Nature, has a great tune and chilled feel.
Streetwalker (from Bad 25)
Another one I didn't see coming, really really like the chorus when this one gets going.
Tabloid Junkie
Probably my favourite track from HIStory bar none. Very very infectious chorus.
Give in to Me
This is a great rock track, couldn't believe how solid this was when I first heard it, great tune and atmosphere, plus Slash.
Heal the World
Don't know how underrated this one really is, but I don't see it mentioned too much in 'best MJ song' discussions. It's always about the tunes and this one knocked me for six when I first heard it, no matter how cheesy!
That'll do it for now
I don't know if most of what is posted is actually underrated. Maybe he has a few songs people never hear, but the people who hear them probably really like it. But evidently, Scream with 40 million+ views on youtube is extremely popular and rated highly.
Gameboy415
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My god. Thanks for getting me to listen to this. Absolutely knocked it out the park its fantastic. How was this never released by him.
RustyNails
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This. Plus earth song and who is it.
The Jacksons' Triumph album. I believe it was done between Off The Wall and Thriller or right before Off The Wall. Mostly written by Michael but a couple of his brothers helped on some songs.
Stand outs include Lovely One: https://youtu.be/ir7jUd8Vjh4
The Jacksons - Everybody [Audio HQ] HD: https://youtu.be/IMhmPCZcHLE
The Jacksons- Walk Right Now: https://youtu.be/UiMuecKZQQQ
And of course
This Place Hotel (a.k.a. Heartbreak Hotel): https://youtu.be/oYkjgMdsUXQ
Great body of work and it was at the start of his "golden era" but lost behind Triller and his success there.
Stand outs include Lovely One: https://youtu.be/ir7jUd8Vjh4
The Jacksons - Everybody [Audio HQ] HD: https://youtu.be/IMhmPCZcHLE
The Jacksons- Walk Right Now: https://youtu.be/UiMuecKZQQQ
And of course
This Place Hotel (a.k.a. Heartbreak Hotel): https://youtu.be/oYkjgMdsUXQ
Great body of work and it was at the start of his "golden era" but lost behind Triller and his success there.
Jam is in my top 10 MJ songs. So catchy and that beat is unbelievable.
Khalifa Jayy
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Human Nature
P.Y.T.
Dirty Diana
Then again, I don't exactly know which songs are "appropriately rated."
P.Y.T.
Dirty Diana
Then again, I don't exactly know which songs are "appropriately rated."
ryutaro's mama
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'Just Good Friends' with Stevie Wonder
Twilight Gap
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2000 watts is kinda bad IMO. the beat is good but the chorus was tacky. morphine off of his blood on the dancer floor EP isn't too hot either but i love the bridge. Michael had a tendency to make songs slower than they should've been because both of these would be better at faster tempos.
i think the presence of his voice alone prevents anything from being flat out bad though.
Emperor Bohe
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this whole album is underrated as hell:
don't think that I could consider anything from Thriller underrated. that whole album is familiar to a huge chunk of the world. also, Dangerous is my favourite MJ album and there are a few underrated tracks on there (basically a lot of the non-single tracks). I feel like HIStory and Invincible (especially Invincible) also have a few underrated tracks. of course there are all of his B-Sides as well.
don't think that I could consider anything from Thriller underrated. that whole album is familiar to a huge chunk of the world. also, Dangerous is my favourite MJ album and there are a few underrated tracks on there (basically a lot of the non-single tracks). I feel like HIStory and Invincible (especially Invincible) also have a few underrated tracks. of course there are all of his B-Sides as well.
this is my favourite MJ track of all time, but i don't think that i could call it underrated. everyone loves this song, haha.
Ruud_Luiten
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Sunset Driver! It was never released and it's great. Pretty sure it was recorded for Off the Wall.
Blood on the Dance Floor. Comes from a remix album of the same name, mostly shitty dance remix of the HIStory album but this one stands the test of time.
Monkey Business. Unreleased recording from Dangerous. It's fun.
Butterflies. Written by TaTu I think, for the Invincible album. Had a shitty music video. This album was dead in the water after the initial world premier of Rock My World. But Butterflies is a great song
Blood on the Dance Floor. Comes from a remix album of the same name, mostly shitty dance remix of the HIStory album but this one stands the test of time.
Monkey Business. Unreleased recording from Dangerous. It's fun.
Butterflies. Written by TaTu I think, for the Invincible album. Had a shitty music video. This album was dead in the water after the initial world premier of Rock My World. But Butterflies is a great song
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