# The best Michael Jackson songs

The King of Pop's greatest songs, from the Jackson 5 to Invincible, as ranked by fan votes and music magazines: Billie Jean on top.

- 148 votes · 20 items
- Mar 21, 2025 · Jasmine R.
- https://even.best/en/l/3257/the-best-michael-jackson-songs

## Top 20

1. **Smooth Criminal** (16 · ▲17 ▼1) — 1988. The lean and the white suit.
2. **Billie Jean** (16 · ▲16 ▼0) — 1983. That bassline; one of the best-selling singles ever.
3. **Thriller** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — 1983. The 14-minute video that changed music television.
4. **Man in the Mirror** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — 1988. A gospel call to change the world starting with yourself.
5. **Black or White** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1991. Morphing faces and a global number one.
6. **The Way You Make Me Feel** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 1987. Bad's irresistible swing.
7. **Rock with You** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 1979. Smooth disco-funk at its best.
8. **Beat It** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — 1983. With Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo.
9. **Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1979. The disco opener of Off the Wall.
10. **You Rock My World** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 2001. The last big hit from Invincible.
11. **Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1983. The six-minute opener of Thriller.
12. **I Want You Back** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1969. The Jackson 5 debut hit, with a ten-year-old Michael.
13. **P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1983. Pure Quincy Jones funk.
14. **Dirty Diana** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — 1988. The hard-rock single from Bad.
15. **Earth Song** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1995. A huge environmental ballad, number one in the UK.
16. **Human Nature** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — 1983. The gentlest song on Thriller.
17. **Bad** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1987. The title track and its Scorsese-directed video.
18. **They Don't Care About Us** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — 1996. The protest song filmed in Salvador and Rio.
19. **Remember the Time** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — 1992. The Egyptian video with Eddie Murphy and Iman.
20. **Heal the World** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — 1991. The children's anthem from Dangerous.

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