Top 50 Michael Jackson Singles, by KevinScream [#1 REVEALED]

[LonelyDreamer]

- In the words of the greatest 50's and 60's Hollywood Icon, the violet-eyed Queen of Beauty, Miss Elizabeth Taylor... he is the KING OF POP, ROCK AND SOUL.

- Also, according to the Guinness Book Of World Records, he is the MOST SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINER OF ALL TIME.

- More than this, he is my IDOL... the true King Of Music.



I'll present here my own list of

.............................. TOP 50 MICHAEL JACKSON SINGLES ..............................



50. Happy (Music & Me)
49. The Way You Make Me Feel (Bad)
48. We Are The World (non-album single)
47. What More Can I Give (non-album single)
46. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Off The Wall)
45. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Thriller)
44. Black Or White (Dangerous)
43. Ghosts (Blood On The Dance Floor)
42. Rock With You (Off The Wall)
41. I Just Can't Stop Loving You (Bad)

40. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (Thriller)
39. Jam (Dangerous)
38. Music And Me (Music & Me)
37. Human Nature (Thriller)
36. Smile (HIStory)
35. One More Chance (Number Ones)
34. Say Say Say (Paul McCartney's Pipes of Peace)
33. Liberian Girl (Bad)
32. Gone Too Soon (Dangerous)
31. Childhood (HIStory)

30. Will You Be There (Dangerous)
29. Bad (Bad)
28. Blood On The Dance Floor (Blood On The Dance Floor)
27. Ben (Ben)
26. In The Closet (Dangerous)
25. Off The Wall (Off The Wall)
24. Is It Scary (Blood On The Dance Floor)
23. Heal The World (Dangerous)
22. Leave Me Alone (Bad)
21. Remember The Time (Dangerous)

20. Thriller (Thriller)
19. You Rock My World (Invincible)
18. Butterflies (Invincible)
17. You Are Not Alone (HIStory)
16. This Is It (This Is It)
15. Stranger In Moscow (HIStory)
14. Beat It (Thriller)
13. Earth Song (HIStory)
12. Dirty Diana (Bad)
11. On The Line (non-album single)

10. Give In To Me (Dangerous)
09. Hollywood Tonight (Michael)
08. Smooth Criminal (Bad)
07. Another Part Of Me (Bad)
06. One Day In Your Life (Forever, Michael)
05. They Don't Care About Us (HIStory)
04. Man In The Mirror (Bad)
03. Billie Jean (Thriller)
02. Scream (HIStory)
01. Who Is It (Dangerous)

[GoodBoyGoneBad]

I'm ready for this!

[biscuits]

Looking forward to this!

[stevyy]

yay, finally a countdown for a male legend!! <3 love Michael.

[Wayne]

Hmm, should be interesting!

[Play]

I'm here for that!

I'll be watching all of your steps

[CrazyCrazy]

[LonelyDreamer]

Thanks a lot!

First of all, I must say this was the hardest ranking I ever made. So, I'll probably regret of several choices in the future, but that's how I rank MJ songs by now.

It's time to start...
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50. Happy (1973)

*1983 re-release cover*
US: -- / UK: #52

AUDIO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqt_3JYar4Y

First song of the ranking, first doubts: I was between Happy, We're Almost There and Got To Be There. I love all of them, but just one could make the Top 50, so I've chosen Happy.

It's an interesting ballad about a girl called 'Happy' and that he fell in love with. Before her, there was only sadness, so she changed his world and turned him happy as well. What a cute thing!

Just a curious note: it's credited as the 'love theme' of "Lady Sings the Blues", but it's not featured in the film or the soundtrack!

P.S.: I particularly rather the B-Side song ("In Our Small Way", first release) over this.

49. The Way You Make Me Feel (1987)

US: #1 / UK: #3

SHORT-FILM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzZ_urpj4As

Third single off Bad and one of his most iconic performances. I just LOVE his vocals on this song: so fresh and intense!

Moreover, its short-film (as he calls his music videos) is one of my favourites - the choreography plus the 'Ey!" (00min18s) and the a cappella part (01min03s), well, incomparable!

[CrazyCrazy]

#49 is a fave, too low in for me.

[BeeFan]

The Way You Make Me feel seems to be quite low.... but I'm really interested in this countdown

[biscuits]

I'm glad 'The Way You Make Me Feel' is gone already. I've always found it to be quite annoying.

[Chun]

Wow, I'm gonna watch all the videos.
Yes, The Way You Make Me Feel would be higher in my ranking. It's a great tune.

[BeeFan]

Of course I'm not able to watch any of the videos because of german law

[Chun]

^ I'm sure they are all on tape.tv

http://www.tape.tv/musikvideos/Michael- ... ke-Me-Feel

[BeeFan]

thanks... I've seen most of the videos before so it's just a shame when I don't know a song and i want to check it out

[LonelyDreamer]

DIDN'T MAKE THE TOP 50:
THE MAN (1983)

Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
*PROMO SINGLE*

AUDIO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXgim4YXLXk

Written by Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney for Paul's "Pipes Of Peace" (1983). Only released as a promo single in selected countries, e.g. Peru.

It's a JAM! I really believe it could have charted high worldwide, if commercially released.

[NothingFails]

The Way You Make Me Feel is so low, I thought that was when the Bad album/era really kicked in as I like it better than Bad and I Just Can't Stop Loving You.

The Man is okay but MJ and Paul's other collabs were better

[stevyy]

the way you make me feel is actually one of my hate songs. i absolutely despise it.

[Wardo]

Amazing choice for a countdown, Kevin.

It's a shame The Man missed the list and The Way You Make Me Feel appeared so low (I didn't know it had this lovely single cover!).

Great presentation, by the way.

[Titan3510]

Why is The Way You Make Me Feel so low?

I'm sorry but this is outrageous...

[LonelyDreamer]

Sorry, guys. "The Way You Make Me Feel" used to be one of my faves, but it's not anymore (for now, at least). That's why it's only #49.

Otherwise, I'd rank TWYMMF video in my Top 10, and I think the 'video version' is way better than the album/single version.
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48. We Are The World (1985)

USA for Africa
US: #1 / UK: #1

SHORT-FILM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2H6mpUnsLI

One of the best-selling singles of all time (+11 million units worlwide), and one of the most successful humanitarian aid projects for Africa (raised +$63 million).

Furthermore, what amazing list of musicians: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Al Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Bette Midler, etc.

WELL... I love Lionel Richie (they used to be very close, and MJ is the godfather of Nicole Richie - Lionel's daughter), but there's a thing that ANNOYS me a lot about this song: how is possible Lionel be credited as co-writer if he actually did almost nothing?! Here's the DEMO VERSION, written and composed by MJ himself.

47. What More Can I Give / Todo Para Ti (2001)

* PROMO SINGLE *
Michael Jackson & Friends
US: -- / UK: --

MUSIC VIDEO (What More Can I Give): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7baeBy7E-w
AUDIO (Todo Para Ti): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF4JN9ezrJ0
LIVE PERFORMANCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Jy1J8nvTw

Another great charity single! But, unfortunately, Sony ruined its release - the same way they did to Invincible.

Just like WTW, Michael reunited a big group of artists to record a humanitarian song, this time in two idioms (English and Spanish) and destinated to September 11 attacks victims (it was initially related to Kozovo war).

List of artists: Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Céline Dion, Shakira, Anastacia, 3LW, Aaron Carter, Alejandro Sanz, Billy Gilman, Brian McKnight, James Bryton, Santana, Cristian Castro, Gloria Estefan, Hanson, Jon Secada, Joy Enriquez, Juan Gabriel, Julio Iglesias, Justin Timberlake, Laura Pausini, Luis Miguel, Luther Vandross, Michael McCary, Mya, *NSYNC, Nick Carter, Olga Tañon, Reba McEntire, Ricky Martin, Rubén Blades, Shawn Stockman, Thalía, Tom Petty, Arrumador and Ziggy Marley.

I love this song (both versions) and his vocals... WOW!

P.S.: 'What More Can I Give' cover was designed and hand painted by the Brazilian artist Romero Britto.

[JSparksFan]

"Happy" is nice enough, but far from being MJ's best.

"The Way You Make Me Feel" is fantastic. That being said, it's not one of my all-time fave MJ singles so I'm not overly fussed with your ranking of it.

"I Wanna Be Where You Are" is cute but again not one of MJ's best.

"We Are The World" is legendary and definitely one of the definitive songs of the 80's. I remember hearing it all the time growing up. It brings back so many memories.

[Andreita2994]

Wow the way you make me feel is so low, earth song use to be my most played song, then tabloid junkie, speechless, now is bad. So I get what you say when you say it changes all the time

[NothingFails]

J. Lo heavily sampled I Wanna Be Where You Are on one track off the Brave album, I forgot the track title at the moment though. I prefer "grown up" MJ but its a nice song still.

We Are The World is criticized for being heavily saccharine and preachy, but it worked for its day. You had nearly every major US-born star of that moment barring two (much like Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas had nearly every major UK star at that time) and it was at a time when charity superstar singles were still a fresh concept. And I love Cyndi Lauper's little cameo in the song, that is the moment that is either loved or hated depending on ones feelings towards her music LOL.

[GoodBoyGoneBad]

J. Lo heavily sampled I Wanna Be Where You Are on one track off the Brave album, I forgot the track title at the moment though.

The song is Gotta Be There, I think the sample is really well used!