Top 30 Michael Jackson Songs

Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and also a dancer. He was also popularly called the “King of Pop”. Smilarly, Michael was the greatest pop artist that ever lived.

In this article, we have selected 30 of his greatest songs ever that was released while he was still alive.

1. ‘Billie Jean’

This song was promoted with a short movie that broke down MTV’s racial barrier. Billie Jean is also suggested to come from a real life experience, in which a lady claim one of the Jackson brothers was the father to her twins.

2. ‘Beat It‘

On February 14, 1983, it was released as a hard rock song. The song was also featured on the thriller album, which went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time.

3.  ‘Don’t stop till you get enough‘

The song was released in October 1979. However, it was the first song from the Off The Wall album. The song also earned Michael Jackson his first Grammys, as well as a slew of additional honors.

4. ‘Thriller’

For the song, a 14-minute video was also developed in which Jackson transforms into a zombie and dances. It has often been voted the greatest music video ever made.

5. ‘The way you make me feel‘

This song was released in November 1988 as the fifth single from the “terrible” album. he song was written and composed by Jackson himself and reached number one on the Billboard charts.

6. “Man in the mirror”

Glen Ballard and Siedar Garrett wrote Man in the Mirror, which was released on February 6, 1988.

7. ‘Rock with you’

Rod Thompson wrote the song, and it was one of the tunes that Karen Carpenter was offered but declined.

8. ‘I just can’t stop loving you’

It was released as a single on July 20, 1987, and featured Siedah Garrett. The song was originally intended to be a duet between Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston.

9. ‘Black or White’

The song “Black or White” comes from the album “Dangerous,” which was released on November 11, 1991. With Bill Bottrell, he co-wrote, produced, and also recorded the song.

10. ‘Smooth Criminal’

The song was written in 1986 and also released in October 1988. Smooth Criminal is one of Michael Jackson’s songs in the Bad and similarly Bad 25 albums. 

11. ‘Human Nature’

After a particularly trying day at school, keyboardist Steve Porcaro wrote this ballad, which was inspired by a discussion he had with his young daughter Heather. He was assisting in the development of Thriller with his Toto comrades, but he had not planned for the song to be utilized by Jackson.

12. ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’

This song was written for his sister La Toya Jackson about her tumultuous relationship with her sisters-in-law, but Michael recorded it himself, with La Toya singing it sometimes at her performances.

13. ‘You Rock My World’

This was also the lead single from Michael Jackson’s Invincible album, which similarly debuted at number two in the UK in 2001. It however included a 13-minute video.

14. ‘PYT (Pretty Young Thing)’

Jackson and Greg Phillinganes wrote the original demo version of this song, which was released as the sixth single from Thriller.

15. ‘Stranger in Moscow’

Michael Jackson wrote this song while on tour in Moscow in September 1993, at the height of widely publicized child abuse allegations against him. It started off as a poetry before being turned into a song.

16. ‘Earth Song’

This is Michael Jackson’s best-selling record in the United Kingdom, and it was also the number one Christmas single in 1995.

17. ‘Bad’

This was the title tune from Michael Jackson’s groundbreaking Bad album, and it was reported to be inspired by a true tale he had heard about a young guy who attempted to escape poverty by enrolling in a private school, only to be murdered when he returned home.

18. ‘They Don’t Care About Us’

This pop-rock composition, which was also released as the fifth single from HIStory, was one of Jackson’s most divisive works.

19. ‘You Are Not Alone’

Michael Jackson’s second song from HIStory, written by R. Kelly, was a  number one success in 1995.

20. ‘Leave Me Alone’

This was similarly Jackson’s second-best-selling single in the UK, and it was also taken from his massively successful Bad album.

21. ‘Remember the Time’

The song was also accompanied with a nine-minute music video set in Ancient Egypt, directed by John Singleton.

22. ‘Dirty Diana’

This was Jackson’s second hard rock song, and it’s also about a persistent groupie who clings to him. It was moreover the fifth single from Bad, and it’s about a persistent groupie who clings to him.

23. ‘Off the Wall’

Karen Carpenter was offered the song when she was working on her debut solo album, but she declined.

24. ‘Scream’

Similarly, this song was a scathing indictment of the tabloid media’s treatment of Michael throughout his career.

25. ‘Blood on the Dance Floor’

It was Jackson’s final number one single in the UK. It is about a predatory woman by the name of Susie, who seduces Jackson before plotting to stab him with a knife. 

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26. ‘The Girl is Mine’

The first track from Michael Jackson’s Thriller was this pop song.

27. ‘Just Good Friends’

It’s also one of just two tracks on the album that wasn’t written by Jackson, the other being ‘Man in the Mirror.’

28. ‘Heal the World’

Michael however stated in an Internet conversation with fans in 2001 that this is the song he is most pleased of having written. He also founded the Heal the World Foundation, which aims to better the lives of children all around the world.

29. ‘Gone Too Soon’

Jackson’s cover of ‘Gone Too Soon’ was dedicated to his buddy Ryan White, an Indiana youngster who had been dismissed from school due to his HIV/AIDS diagnosis. White died in April 1990, only a few months before graduating from high school.

30. ‘Butterflies’

Michael’s 2001 album Invincible may have gotten a bad rap over the years, but it had some truly outstanding moments.

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