Michael Jackson's Greatest Hit Songs, Michael Jackson's All Time Favorite Songs

Michael JACKSON's
Greatest Hits...

1. Billie Jean – Released in 1983, it is coined as the trigger of M.J.’s success. “Billie Jean” received two Grammy Awards in 1984 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best New R&B Song.

2.Thriller – The horror-sci-fi narrative music video was an astonishing 14-minutes long and was the most expensive music video of its time, costing $800,000 to create.

3. Beat It – The third single from his multi-platinum selling album Thriller, “Beat It” won Jackson two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Performance.

4. Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough – In 1979, the album Off The Wall was released and hosted this classic single that gave Michael his first solo Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance.

5. The Way You Make Me Feel – On Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary celebration songs at Madison Square Gardens, he performed this song with Britney Spears.

6. Bad – Michael’s seventh #1 hit single was originally intended to be a duet with Prince. However, Prince decided against it at the last minute because Jackson refused to change the first line in the song; “Your butt is mine.”

7. Pretty Young Thing – This hit single off of Thriller album was referenced by the President during Michael’s 1984 visit to the White House. President Ronald Reagan said, “Let’s give some T.L.C. to the “Pretty Young Thing's.”

8. Man In The Mirror – The music video to M.J's fourth consecutive #1 single in the U.S. from his 1988 album Bad which features historical events of violence in despair.

9. Smooth Criminal – This hit single from the Bad album was the centerpiece to Jackson’s hour-long film Moonwalker, which featured Joe Pesci. Eventually, Moonwalker was adapted as an arcade and video game for Sega Genesis.

10. Wanna Be Startin’ Something – This track was the fourth single released off of Thriller album. It is the longest song, running just over six minutes long.