best michael jackson song?
 

Lets please have no discussion of him in general, just want one about his music. thanks
i would have to say beat it is my personal favorite, since its got a eddie van hallen solo, and it also is one of his most popular.

Billie Jean.

I have always liked:

You are not alone & Rock with you

Hmm...

That's tough. Rather than pick just one from all albums, I have to do it this way...

<center>Off the Wall
Fast • Workin' Day And Night
Slow • I Can't Help It

Thriller
Fast • Beat It
Slow • Human Nature

Bad
Fastish • Leave Me Alone
Slow • Tie:Liberian Girl/Man In the Mirror

Dangerous
Fast • Give In To Me

History
Fast • Scream
Slow • Stranger In Moscow</center>

The rest don't really matter [though there's only two others...] but, Butterflies is probably the only good song on Invincible. I know this isn't what ya asked for Rypro, but with artists I like [well, used to like] i'm no good at things like this. :D

For some reason I've always liked "Leave Me Alone". All other songs by him I could do without.

No matter how screwed up the guy may get, I cannot deny that Billie Jean is a work of genius.

A lot of stuff from "Off the Wall" is great too.

"Beat It" can't be beat.

Least favorite of the 'hits': "Thriller" What a godawful song this is.

Man In The Mirror has always been my favorite MJ song.

i would have to go with Billie Jean on this one.

Dirty Diana


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tough one. either The Way You Make Me Feel or Billie Jean.

I guess his pre solo days with The Jackson 5 don't count but I always liked I Wan't You Back (there first hit single) and I'LL BE THERE (with Jermaine on background vocals sining the harmony)

As for his solo stuff well as other have said..BEAT IT is probably his best single IMO and that guitar solo in the middle by Eddien is one of the all time best!!

Honourable mentions to:

OFF THE WALL
ROCK WITH YOU
GIVE IN TO ME

PS it's unfortunate he didn't record his last album with Quincy Jones..He was the ony producer (along with Berry Gordy) who was able to bring out the best in him and push him to another level creatively IMO

Probably Billy Jean.

Other contenders

Beat It
Leave Me Alone

"Beat It" because that's Eddie Van Halen playing guitar

The backing track is also a pretty blatant swipe of Rick James' "Give It To Me Baby".

"Rock With You" is probably my favorite.

Human Nature
Baby Be Mine
The Lady in my Life
Billie Jean
Off the Wall
Rock w/u
Heartbreak Motel
Thriller

The guy was a musical genius anyway you slice it.

I always liked:

"Prosthetic face" off his "Holding a baby out the window" album.

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Originally posted by isamu
The guy was a musical genius anyway you slice it.

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Agreed. [With the emphasis on the word was] I also agree with shanester's comment about Quincy Jones. MJ cutting off Quincy was almost as much of a boneheaded move as Arista getting rid of Clive Davis.

Leave Me Alone...is one of the best.But I also like Liberian Girl

Billie Jean, and the whole album in general.

rotfl

that's the one. you totally turn white at its maginficence!

my faves:

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Thriller
Billie Jean
Smooth Criminal

I prefer the young genius version:

Who's Loving You

Give in to me....


(The only time I ever saw the video was during an Oprah special w/ MJ. I still wonder why it never received any real airtime.)

"Billie Jean"

His guitar solo makes that song.

For the record, my vote goes to Thriller - love it!

There are only two songs by Michael Jackson that I listen to today (and one only because it's in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City):

Smooth Criminal
Billie Jean

Billie Jean definitely.

I wish he had quit making music after Bad, and just became a recluse or something.

Sad to see how his legacy has changed in the last 10-15 years

Billy Jean
Thriller
Smooth Criminal

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Billie Jean - by, like, a mile