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[Ollie Pooch]

Surprised to see so many posting songs that are the released singles - I mean, I get it, as they have the most exposure but I think his strongest songs aren't always necessarily singles. Cool seeing all the choices anyway.

 

[Daria Morgendorffer]

Beat it

 

[SilentSoldier]

ninjas dont know bout that 'Butterflies.'

I feel like most people missed out from the songs off the Invincible album. Butterflies is fantastic, I also like Break of Dawn too.

Man, you really can't pick a favorite MJ song, all of his songs are classics.

 

[SarcasticD]

Very hard to pick one but for me I keep coming back to Baby be Mine

 

[O.DOGG]

I'd pick Liberian Girl if I only had to pick one.

 

[BlueBadger]

I really love Earth Song and PYT, personally o_o

 

[WingM@n]

Who is it This is MJ 's masterpiece imo

Smooth Criminal MJ' s best song of the 80's. Combined with the music video it is pure magic.

Give in to me One of the best rock songs ever. Slash made this track one of a kind.

So many good mj songs, hard to pick Just one...

 

[Screaming Meat]

Dirty Diana.

 

[Deleted member 125677]

My vote goes to:

Billie Jean

 

[Jaroof]

Wrong. Though that is an underrated song.

Human Nature is his best song.

This or Give In to Me.

 

[Hypereides]

A tie between Speed demon, is it scary and ghosts.

 

[tanuki]

Gotta be Off The Wall. Best harmonies, best chorus, best song to play before going out on a Friday night. Come on.

 

[Officerrob]

Smooth Criminal or Dirty Diana.

 

[BGBW]

ABC

 

[BaronLundi]

Personal favorite is Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough with Billie Jean a close second.

 

[Chunky]

Sonic 3 baby

 

[teruterubozu]

Gotta be Off The Wall. Best harmonies, best chorus, best song to play before going out on a Friday night. Come on.

I love Off The Wall too. It's when Michael still had that gritty, urban funky soul.

 

[thefro]

ninjas dont know bout that 'Butterflies.'

Butterflies is definitely one of his most underrated songs.

This is a fantastic Butterflies remix.

 

[Robot Pants]

Smooth Criminal

.

 

[PumpkinPie]

Human Nature.

 

[Fritz]

Jepp Human Nature is my favorite. Overall a good show of taste in here (Liberian girl and Who is it are also two of my faves), although you can hardly go wrong with MJ.

 

[SCReuter]

My favorite MJ song? I don't even know why I have to choose, but if I did, it would be a very special cut of "Rock With You" by James Reeno. I couldn't find it anywhere so I uploaded it to my own soundcloud page.

Now, I must stress that this is not your ordinary cut of "Rock With You", as this special edit was made from all the master tapes from the RWY sessions, rearranged in a way that makes the track sound much more robust and really enjoyable. You grow to appreciate all of the production that went into making this track.

RWY is probably the GOAT dance floor filler.

Thanks for the upload. Are there any other James Reeno mixes?

 

[tabs2002]

Beat it and Billie Jean

 

[ExiledMarkzmen]

Man in the mirror

 

[JonCha]

My faves are probably Rock With You and ... P.Y.T.

 

[8bit]

Billie Jean, solely for that bassline.

 

[Kccitystar]

Thanks for the upload. Are there any other James Reeno mixes?

He has a snippet of an extended version of PYT up but hasn't put the full song up yet

 

[FTF]

Billie Jean is the only correct answer...one of the goat.

 

[P. Fembot]

My faves are probably Rock With You and ... P.Y.T.

Me too. And Working Day and Night from Off The Wall.

But Jackson 5 hits supersede these IMO

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

LEAVE ME ALONE.




thoughts?

I don't consider Leave Me Alone to be Jacko's best song, but it's definitely BY FAR his best music video.

Best song is probably Earth Song, Ghosts and/or Black Or White for me.

 

[ComputerMKII]

Billie Jean

Thriller sucks.

Edit: His best video is Black or White. They don't make videos like this anymore

http://zippy.gfycat.com/DensePeriodicIndusriverdolphin.webm

 

[Eyemus Lutt]

Man in the mirror
Will you be there
Human nature
Hold my hand with Akon
black and white

 

[Master_Funk]

My personal favorite from each major solo album

OTW: I can't help it
Thriller: Human Nature
Bad: Liberian Girl
Dangerous: Who Is It?
HIStory: Stranger In Moscow
BOTDF - History Remix: Is it Scary?
Invincible: Break of Dawn
From posthumous releases: I'm So Blue, Behind The Mask

 

[Halcyon]

For me it is probably Smooth Criminal with the video from Moonwalker.


There's so many songs. The problem is that I've heard his biggest hits so many times that I think they're easy to overlook.

I once listened to Beat It for like 8 straight hours on repeat while I was playing some sorta videogame.

 

[smuf]

Billie Jean or Rock with you. He has an amazing body of work. Everything from Off the wall/Thriller/Bad and most of Dangerous is golden, after that it's hit or miss for me. Still, there's lots of underrated gems on History/Invincible.

I also hate Heal the World/Earth Song etc with a passion.

 

[Halcyon]

Also,

Best Jackson 5:

Blame It on the Boogie

 

[mrmickfran]

Billie Jean is definitely top tier.

Runner ups:
Smooth Criminal, Human Nature, Stranger in Moscow, They don't care about us, Rock With You.

 

[masud]

I don't know if I can pick one but it would definitely be something from off the wall. That album is perfection.

 

[Lord of Castamere]

I think Say Say Say is probably his most underated/underknown song.

 

[slit]

Favorite song is tough.

I'd probably say Stranger in Moscow for singles.

Ain't No Sunshine is my favorite cover.

Doggin' Around is my favorite album cut.

Best album is Off the Wall, hands down.

 

[kodecraft]

"Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" for me, the production when played live is amazing, plus this was disco/soul before Mike went Pop.

 

[Vampirolol]

When I was a kid, nothing could make me feel more badass than listening to Smooth Criminal. There is nothing like that song.

 

[RustyNails]

top 5 so far:

1- Human Nature 18
1- Billie Jean 18
3- Man in the Mirror 8
3- Dirty Diana 8
3- PYT 8


interesting.

Dirty Diana needs more love!

 

[satori]

Too many greats to name, but if I had to choose one, it has to be Man in the Mirror. To me that is a very powerful song.

 

[PatzCU]

Dirty Diana.

 

[ishibear]

My favorite thing about Invincible is that it's the only time after Off the Wall that he made an R&B album and not a pop album.

Yep. It was nice to hear him do some R&B.

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I haven't seen anyone mention I Can't Help It yet. That song is great too. And Break of Dawn is another one.

 

[Lovely Salsa]

WILL YOU BE THERE

nooooo what happened willy? Looks so fake now

 

[Ostinatto]

Dirty Diana needs more love!

weird top 5, i thought it would be Thriller or Smooth Criminal on top of the list xD

 

[cdyhybrid]

Beat It has that silly guitar solo

 

[suplex]

Smooth Criminal and Dirty Diana are my favorites.