10 Best Songs By The King Of Pop, Michael Jackson

While this sentiment holds true with every Michael Jackson song, the second Billie Jean pops up on your spotify shuffle you instinctively start dancing and singing. Its basically second nature. I'm pretty sure there isn't a human being alive who doesn't know and love this song.

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough is pretty special for a number of reasons. First, it's one of Michael's first solo hits, leading off the Off The Wall album, his first after signing with Epic Records. Second, MJ said it was the first song he wrote entirely. Like all of Michael's hits, it just makes you want to never stop moving.

It feels strange having to explain why these MJ hits are worthy of this top ten list, all you have to do is watch the music video for Smooth Criminal to understand how iconic it is. From the opening bass line, to the white suit and hat, to the old timey gangster asthetic. Everything about this song is great.

Another one off the Off The Wall album, Rock With You is as fun a time as going to Disneyland when you're a child. Even if you're sitting down you'll just find yourself bopping up and down to this one. It's also just fun watching these early MJ music videos knowing how much they evolve down the line.

Michael is known for his iconic music video porductions, and remember the time is definitly one of the most interesting. Aside from this being one of the best MJ songs, the music video itself starts with a talent show in ancient Egypt...and it somehow works. It also stars Eddie Murphy, Iman, and Magic Johnson, a star studded cast as any.

The first song on the Thriller album, Wanna Be Startin Somethin really does start something... if you stop reading this article after that joke I won't blame you. Putting aside my terrible jokes, this song is really amazing, hence it being on this list.

Again, to say that this song is iconic is an understatement as is true with every song on this list. While this isn't a song you'd start dancing to immediatly like most other MJ songs, Man In The Mirror genuinaly makes you look at yourself in the mirror (yes that was on purpose), and want to make the world a better place.

When people think of Michael Jackson music videos, Thriller is often the one that comes to mind. Everyone knows the zombie dance at this point and the gif of Michael eating popcorn (as seen above) is one of the most popular gifs today. Obviously Thriller is a great song in addition to all of this.

Only really special songs make you part of the song and P.Y.T does exactly that. I feel like everyone who's ever heard this song would immediatly yell "Nananana" if someone else yelled "repeat after me". At this point it's instinctual for me, and it's one of the main reasons this is a top ten MJ song.

Somehow with this song and the album by the same name, Michael flipped the meaning of the word bad to its exact opposite. There have been multiple times in my life where I've said "that's bad, but like Michael Jackson bad" and it was understood that I meant what we were speaking about was amazing. That's pretty impressive.