The Jacksons Tracks - Smooth CrimiPOLL results1!!1!!!!

I really like 'Walk Right Now'

i think "love will never do" just missed my ballot. she looks probably the best she's ever looked in its video (that doesn't seem to be on youtube), it's totally gorgeous.

this is a surprise. I expected Love Will Never Do Without You to be a lot more popular around here. it was number five on my ballot.

have no idea how this list will look

some surprises in the top 50 definitely both in terms of omissions and high placings

she looks the best she's ever looked in the "pleasure principle" video. "love will never do" video is post-cosmetic surgery. >:[

tbf i don't really care about her looking pretty/she always looks pretty. in pleasure principle she looks like she could fuck you up.

48. Michael Jackson - In the Closet (82 points, 4 votes) (from Dangerous, 1991)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwvix7uEQg0

^ one of the few MJ songs i could imagine Prince doing a great version of

One of my picks.

47. The Jacksons featuring Mick Jagger - State Of Shock (85 points, 4 votes) (from Victory, 1984) - take your pick of both versions...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0e2jN2D7Kg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbkFiM15Yhc

This week just got a whole lot better.

xpost I didn't vote for that song, but I'll admit to being one of its secret fans.

Has there ever been a SEVENTH SINGLE from an album anywhere near as strong as "Love Will Never Do"?

Oops, guess Michael's Thriller did.

"In The Closet" was top five for me, & some days it would be even higher.

It's begun! Glad I helped "Love Will Never Do" make the top 50.

Here's a spotify playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/mondosalvo/playlist/10p71pWZgUg51RLWu9lXSL

46. Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious (85 points, 5 votes) from Let's Get Serious, 1980

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMLKb4or8yg

45. The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine (86 points, 4 votes) from G.I.T.: Get It Together, 1973

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8HkEprSaAs&feature=related

"Let's Get Serious" is fantastic – my favorite Stevie Wonder freelance production.

Always sounded like a "Hotter Than July" outtake to me. (Which is to say, simple, clean and immensely listenable.)

I've only known of Let's Get Serious for the last few years (I was 6 years old when it came out), but it took no time at all to move up into my personal Jacksons canon near the very top.

Has there ever been a SEVENTH SINGLE from an album anywhere near as strong as "Love Will Never Do"?

Was there ever a seventh single released from an album?

Def Leppard probably got to seven with Hysteria.

Apparently Bad also got to a seventh single ... and an eighth and a ninth.

Come on Over went all the way to twelve.

Dancing Machine was my #2. so good.

I meant at the time.

I mean: Rhythm Nation was the first and only album to boast seven top five singles.

Isn't the Katy Perry album almost there - it has 6 number ones so far doesn't it?

44. Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile (87 points, 4 votes) from Control, 1986

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvKhDiNME4E

Yeah, even though my point ended up getting undercut by cursory, post-research, I think it's still a pretty amazing feat that "Love Will Never Do" went number one something like 18 months after the album was released?

43. Michael & Janet Jackson - Scream (90 points, 5 votes) from HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, 1995

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P4A1K4lXDo

Since Thriller essentially invented a new cross-promotional model for pop albums, it may have been the first notable record to spin off more than 5 singles, but in that area and many others it set a precedent. Born in the U.S.A. was probably the first and most famous to follow the template of the Thriller juggernaut - as with Thriller, all 7 of its singles went top 10. Dangerous also had 7 singles released domestically along with 2 more internationally. Hysteria indeed had 7 singles, though the first, "Women", was a non-starter.

Anyway, sorry to get all chart-nerd there.

^^first one I actually voted for to place

I love the end of album ballad progression from Control through to janet. - from "Let's Wait Awhile" to "Someday Is Tonight" to fuck it, let's do it "Anytime, Anyplace".

I'd have to go back and check, but I think "Scream" generated as much commentary as anything when I was putting out Radio On. It remember it as people who found Michael-the-head-case endlessly fascinating on one side, and people who thought he'd descended into caricature on the other.

42. Michael Jackson - Remember The Time (93 points, 5 votes) from Dnagerous, 1992

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeiFF0gvqcc

41. The Jacksons - Torture (95 points, 4 votes) from Victory, 1984

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXzquw4bi5o

remember the time - TOO LOW

it's sooooooo the best single from Dangerous. total summer jam aceness.

I don't much like Remember the Time...too new jack swingy.

much as i love torture it probably shouldn't be ahead of remember the time

good thing i didn't end up voting for it

"State of the World" would have been the eighth single had the record company reneged on a physical single.

Its seven commercial singles all peaked within the top five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first and only album to achieve that feat.

Hah - I didn't even think "Torture" was gonna place. And over "Remember the Time"? Wow. Both were in my top 10, but damn - if I'd known it was gonna come out like this I would've switched their places. I love "Torture", but RTT is the better song, no doubt.

Also Jamie OTM.

it's sooooooo the best single from Dangerous.

would agree with this were "who is it" not a single from dangerous

that's enough for today - 10 more coming tomorrow

"Who Is It" is my favorite.

too new jack swingy.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, February 20, 2012 12:55 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

does not compute

i cut dangerous from my ballot entirely, but it was excruciating. love "remember the time" and "in the closet"

thanks Jamie!
xp also bummed about no Say Say Say even though I forgot to vote for it

actually it's now striking me as amazing that "State of shock" placed but not "say say say" which is a better and more popular song

Perfect 1-2. Good job.

Make that perfect 1-2-3.

SMH

― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, February 24, 2012 9:58 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

SMH AT U

horseshoe otm up there.

I can't really argue with the #1 - I mean it is one of the most perfect pop singles ever, but still, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" shoulda won this. It's perfecter.

"Don't Stop" wasn't even my #1 though - I picked "Beat It", which was probably my favorite song in the world from age 8 to 10.

I prefer Don't Stop to Wanna Be but come on, I Want You Back is basically the perfect pop song.

I asked my coworker what the real appeal of Wanna Be... is, and she said "that's one of those songs where the singer catches the holy ghost in a way that can't be faked." I still don't get that from it, but I think I can see why people like it so much now.

Yr coworker is OTM

amazing, you know oddly i didn't think people thought THAT much of Wanna Be Startin.. so glad that they do. what a TUNE.

"Wanna Be Startin' Something" was my #2, and it's definitely my favourite MJ single of all time. Everything about is just perfect: the way it starts full-force (thus mirroring the chorus lyric), no intro or anything, with that ridiculously catchy bassline; the way the verses just repeat the same things over and over again, but the way Michael emotes them manages to give each line poignancy; the way the production and arranging on the tune is so impeccable, so aurally pleasing it practically shines; the oddball lyrical injections only MJ could pull of so convincingly ("you're a vegetable", wtf?); the mama-se mama-sa mama mako-ssa coda that (controversy ahoy!) he pulls off with more soul than Manu Dibango ever did in the original. I just love every second of this tune!

the mama-se mama-sa mama mako-ssa coda that (controversy ahoy!) he pulls off with more soul than Manu Dibango ever did in the original.

tbf, I don't feel like that part of the Manu Dibango song was supposed to be "soulful" in the first place aside from appearing in a song called "Soul Makossa," unless for some reason you think afropop + African folk chants are supposed to resemble U.S. soul music

I didn't mean to say it should sound like American soul, but I'm always surprised how flat the mama-se chant sounds in the original, especially compared to Dibango's very funky saxophone playing. I guess that may have been intentional, but I still prefer Michael's version of it.

the only tracks on my ballot that didn't make it were "The Love You Save," "Bad," and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" (lol)

My ballot:

01. If, Janet Jackson
02. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough, Michael Jackson
03. Alright, Janet Jackson
04. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Michael Jackson
05. Can You Feel It, The Jacksons
06. The Way You Make Me Feel, Michael Jackson
07. The Pleasure Principle, Janet Jackson
08. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground), The Jacksons
09. What Have You Done For Me Lately, Janet Jackson
10. I Wanna Be Where You Are, Michael Jackson
11. Rhythm Nation, Janet Jackson
12. Too Good To Be True (Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming), Jermaine Jackson feat. Michael Jackson
13. Centipede, Rebbie Jackson
14. Got 'Til It's Gone, Janet Jackson
15. Dangerous, Michael Jackson
16. Stranger in Moscow, Michael Jackson
17. Human Nature, Michael Jackson
18. Funky Big Band, Janet Jackson
19. Get on the Floor, Michael Jackson
20. Empty, Janet Jackson

<3 for Wanna Be Starting Something. that song triggers an early childhood memory, at age 5 or so, me being in the car with my parents coming home from the local pizza place, hearing this song, and vibing to it even though I barely understood the concept of music yet.

My ballot:

1. Got Til Its Gone
2. Rope Burn
3. Miss You Much
4. If
5. When I Think Of You
6. Someone To Call My Lover
7. Every Time
8. Doesn't Really Matter
9. The Pleasure Principle
10. What's Its Gonna Be w/ Busta Rhymes
11. You
12. I Get Lonely
13. That's The Way Love Goes
14. This Time
15. Lets Wait A While
16. Alright
17. Black Cat
18. Velvet Rope
19. China Love
20. Go Deep

Thank you for this Jamie. This was one of the most fun polls we've had so far. We couldn't get the master list tho plz?

full ballot:
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
Jackson 5 - ABC
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Michael Jackson - Got To Be There
Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
Janet Jackson - Miss You Much
Michael Jackson - Human Nature
Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
The Jacksons featuring Mick Jagger - State of Shock
Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror
The Jacksons - Can You Feel It
Michael Jackson - Bad
Michael Jackson - Beat It

<3 all-Janet ballot

1. “I’ll Be There” – Jackson 5 (40)
2. “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” – Michael Jackson (36)
3. “I Want You Back” – Jackson 5 (33)
4. “When I Think of You” – Janet Jackson (30)
5. “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough” – Michael Jackson (28)
6. “ABC” – Jackson 5 (26)
7. “Lisa, It’s Your Birthday” – Leon Kompowsky (Kipp Lennon) (25)
8. “Escapade” – Janet Jackson (24)
9. “Let’s Wait Awhile” – Janet Jackson (23)
10. “Human Nature” – Michael Jackson (22)

I feel as if there was an orchestrated effort, perhaps led by Eric H., to suppress the Leon Kowpowsky vote.

Jackson 5 - I want you back
Jackson 5 - Maybe tomorrow
The Jacksons - Show you the way to go
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Jackson 5 - Life of a party
Jackson 5 - Forever came today
Michael Jackson - Rock with you
Michael Jackson - Don't stop 'til you get enough
Jackson 5 - I am love
Jackson 5 - Never can say goodbye
Michael Jackson - Wanna be startin' somethin'
Janet Jackson - Empty
Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora - When the rain begins to fall
Rebbie Jackson - Centipede
Jackson 5 - Dancing machine
Janet Jackson - When I think of you
Jermaine Jackson - Let's get serious
The Jacksons - This place hotel
Janet Jackson - Escapade
The Jacksons - Can you feel it

1. Beat It
2. That's The Way Love Goes
3. I Want You Back
4. You Rock My World
5. Black Or White
6. Darling Dear
7. Smooth Criminal
8. They Don't Care About Us
9. Thriller
10. Bad

11. Billie Jean
12. I Just Can't Stop Loving You
13. Dirty Diana
14. Can You Feel It?
15. I'll Be There
16. The Way You Make Me Feel
17. Say Say Say
18. Blood On The Dancefloor
19. Blame It On The Boogie
20. Jam

1. Michael Jackson - Get on the Floor
2. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Something
3. Janet Jackson - Control
4. The Jacksons - Can You Feel It
5. Rebbie Jackson - Centipede
6. Herb Alpert ft. Janet Jackson - Diamonds
7. Michael Jackson - Morphine
8. Michael Jackson - She's Out of My Life
9. The Jacksons - Torture
10. Janet Jackson - Escapade
11. Janet Jackson - Pleasure Principle
12. Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
13. Michael Jackson - In the Closet
14. Michael Jackson - Beat It
15. Michael Jackson - I Can't Help It
16. The Jacksons - Heartbreak Hotel
17. Janet Jackson - Go Deep
18. Janet Jackson - Alright
19. Michael Jackson - Jam
20. Janet Jackson - If

I feel as if there was an orchestrated effort, perhaps led by Eric H., to suppress the Leon Kowpowsky vote.

Let the ballots -- and the first-place showing of "I Want You Back" -- speak for themselves.

Mostly singles:

1. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
2. Can You Feel It - The Jacksons
3. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
4. Rock With You
5. Human Nature
6. When I Think Of You - Janet Jackson
7. Wanna Be Startin' Something
8. Let's Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
9. The Girl is Mine
10. ABC - Jackson 5
11. Wanna Be Startin' Something
12. Billie Jean
13. What Have You Done For Me Lately? - Janet Jackson
14. Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson
15. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) - Jacksons
16. Stranger in Moscow
17. Off the Wall
18. Remember the Time
19. PYT (Pretty Young Thing)
20. What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson - Nasty - 40
Michael Jackson - Beat It - 36
Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream - 33
Janet Jackson - If - 30
Michael Jackson - Rock With You - 28
The Jackson 5 - Who's Loving You - 26
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious - 25
The Jacksons - Dreamer - 24
Rebbie Jackson - Centipede - 23
Janet Jackson - What Have You Done for Me Lately - 22
The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine - 21
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back - 20
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal - 19
Michael Jackson - Human Nature - 18
Janet Jackson - All for You - 17
Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror - 16
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) - 15
The Jackson 5 - (You Were Made) Especially for Me - 14
The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie - 13
Jermaine Jackson - Let Me Tickle Your Fancy - 12

Might look different if compiling today (or tomorrow or any other day)

Ha, just noticed that 'What Have You Done For Me Lately?" features twice in my ballot!

FRAUD

The only ones of mine that didn't make it were "I Get Lonely" and "Runaway"

1. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
2. Human Nature - MJ
3. That's The Way Love Goes - Janet
4. The Pleasure Principle - Janet
5. Rock With You - MJ
6. Empty - Janet Jackson
7. Off the Wall - MJ
8. Man in the Mirror - MJ
9. Doesn't Really Matter - Janet
10. Beat It - MJ
11. Rhythm Nation - Janet
12. Miss You Much - Janet
13. Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson 5
14. Alright - Janet Jackson
15. Billie Jean - MJ
16. Runaway - Janet
17. What have you done for me lately - Janet
18. Control - Janet
19. I Get Lonely - Janet
20. Stranger in Moscow - MJ

I'm disappointed "Morphine" didn't make this poll.

Janet Jackson - When I Think of You
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Janet Jackson - If
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Janet Jackson - Doesn't Really Matter
Michael Jackson - Jam
Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
The Jackson 5 - ABC
Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover
Michael Jackson - Butterflies
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine
The Jacksons - This Place Hotel (aka Heartbreak Hotel)
Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone
Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson - Scream
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
The Jackson 5 - It's Great To Be Here

1. Can You Feel It? - The Jacksons
2. I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
3. Who is It - Michael Jackson
4. If - Janet Jackson
5. Leave Me Alone - Michael Jackson
6. When I Think of You - Janet Jackson
7. Centipede - Rebbie Jackson
8. Walk Right Now - The Jacksons
9. Human Nature - Michael Jackson
10. The Pleasure Principle - Janet jackson
11. Morphine - Michael Jackson
12. Will You be There - Michael Jackson
13. Stranger in Moscow - Michael Jackson
14. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
15. P.Y.T. - Michael Jackson
16. Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
17. Again - Janet Jackson
18. Got Til It's Gone - Janet Jackson
19. Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson
20. Butterflies - Michael Jackson

ship! way to also vote for "butterflies"! so groovy

yeah it's kinda sad it hasn't gotten its due as one of MJ's last great songs like "Stranger In Moscow" has

1. michael - thriller
2. michael - human nature
3. michael - the way you make me feel
4. michael - smooth criminal
5. michael - billie jean
6. michael - beat it
7. michael - you rock my world
8. michael - man in the mirror
9. janet - miss you much
10. michael - one day in your life
11. michael - jam
12. the jacksons - can you feel it?
13. janet - escapade
14. janet - that's the way love goes
15. michael - don't stop til you get enough
16. janet - if
17. janet - alright (cj mackintosh & dave dorrell house mix)
18. rebbie - centipede
19. janet & herb alpert - diamonds
20. michael - wanna be startin somethin

disappointed 'you rock my world' didn't make it, mildly surprised 'diamonds' didn't.

oh and 'one day in your life' ;_;

My ballot:

1. Rebbie Jackson – Centipede
2. Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
3. Janet Jackson – Together Again
4. The Jacksons – Blame It on the Boogie
5. Janet Jackson – Control
6. Michael Jackson – Stranger in Moscow
7. The Jacksons – Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
8. Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us
9. Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation
10. Michael Jackson – Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
11. The Jacksons – Walk Right Now
12. Janet Jackson – Got ‘til It’s Gone
13. Michael Jackson – Blood on the Dancefloor
14. La Toya Jackson – If You Feel the Funk
15. Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal
16. Michael Jackson – Black or White
17. Janet Jackson – What Have You Done for Me Lately?
18. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
19. The Jacksons – Can You Feel It
20. Michael Jackson – In the Closet

Did nobody else vote for my #2 and #3? Philistines!

Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Michael Jackson - Ain’t No Sunshine
The Jackson 5 - Hum Along And Dance
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Starting Something
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Michael Jackson - Working Day And Night
Michael Jackson - Got To Be There
The Jackson 5 - Skywriter
Michael Jackson - We’ve Got A Good Thing Going
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

The Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
The Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
Michael Jackson - Burn This Disco Out
Michael Jackson - People Make The World Go ‘Round
The Jackson 5 - Hallelujah Day
The Jackson 5 - I’ll Be There
The Jackson 5 - ABC
Michael Jackson ft. Patti Austin - It’s The Falling In Love
Michael Jackson - Rockin’ Robin

I don't think many people think of MJ when they think of Aint No Sunshine

True, but they should! It's a great arrangement and a truly stunning vocal.

How could I have not voted for "Forever Came Today"?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOzPDB_L2g

that's one of my favorite J5 tracks, though it's a Supremes cover isn't it?

Yeah, but a most ebullient one.

I asked my coworker what the real appeal of Wanna Be... is, and she said "that's one of those songs where the singer catches the holy ghost in a way that can't be faked."

Thought about this comment today.