All 147 Michael Jackson Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best

New York Magazine ^ | December 18, 2017 | BILL WYMAN

[nickcarraway]

There was really something about Michael Jackson. He was so likable. At his most charming, he had one of the most charismatic and endearing personas we

[InvisibleChurch]

Cheech and chong

[Interesting Times]

Some interesting insights here, if you ignore the gratuitous, pandering cheap shots at the President.

[nobamanomore]

They all suck

[Fresh Wind]

I was expecting one best and 146 worst.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

106. “Dear Michael,” Forever, Michael (1975)....recorded by Kim Fields...Tootie on “Facts of Life”.

[Yaelle]

Do you think anyone would be normal, if they were raised the way he was?

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No. But I believe Gd gives us all a choice. We didn’t all have ideal childhoods. Fame didn’t help him choose good. Wealth didn’t help him choose good. He even tried some religions and they apparently didn’t help him choose good. He needed to seek help rather than engage in hurting the helpless. No one is locked into repeating their own abuse.

And I admit to loving his music, most of it. It meant a lot to me. Hard for me to reconcile. The world is difficult.

[RegulatorCountry]

Smooth Criminal is the only one I have any fondness for now, several songs sampling that that I love and a few good covers too. But, I used to throw PYT on the jukebox in a leftist hangout bar back when the pedophile stuff was coming out just to mess with their heads (and it did, you could just watch them cringe when they put two and two together).

[bar sin·is·ter]

Just eat it! Eat it!
Eat it! Eat it!
Eat it! Eat it!

If it’s getting cold, reheat it

Have a big dinner.
Have a light snack
If you don’t like it, you can’t send it back

Just eat it! Eat it!
Get yourself an egg and beat it!

[SaveFerris]

And the way he negotiated with Tyler Chicken!!

[Dr. Sivana]

If “The Girl is Mine” (duet) can be in the list, why isn’t “State of Shock” in there as the worst piece of anything this side of Yoko Ono?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

he couldn’t play an instrument.

Oh. I beg to differ.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

His black features had been erased to the point where he looked white, and then something else. His masculinity was disappearing too. He really just looked like a Eurasian woman.

Only in America can a poor black boy grow up to be a rich white woman.

[rlmorel]

I detest that song nearly as much as the “Kars for Kids” jingle.

I like some of his music, but that said...the guy had a creep factor for me that went off the rails.

Apart from his sleeping with little kids, it was his weird surgeries and such.

Gahh.

[SaveFerris]

Ya gotta admit the fold-out legs make the holidays special.

I sit at the little table too, LOL. At least in spirit!

[Liberty Valance]

Billy Jean, Thriller and Don’t Stop were great. The rest ... eh.

[rlmorel]

Geez. Toto was the worst band? I mean, come on. They were just another Eighties band with a few good tunes, nothing special, but...worst band?

I am sure this guy thinks Bruce Springsteen is the most amazing thing in the history of the world.

[rlmorel]

LOL, kind of like “The Jerk” in reverse...:)

[SaveFerris]

[73. “They Don’t Care About Us,” History (1995): This is one of those decent but flawed ]

Oh, good grief. Decent?

[bagster]

I thought so. Yay, I got one right.

[fwdude]

There are degrees of abnormal-ness, and Jackson was at the far end of the spectrum.