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

there should have been like a 10-way tie for #1

Damn, "Billie Jean" lower than "Human Nature"?

Fingers crossed "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" and "Wanna Be Startin' Something" are tied for 1st.

not only is "human nature" better than "billie jean," but i believe that's ilm orthodoxy at this point

it wasn't 5 months ago! THRILLER POLL

oh...lurkers.

i think i may have heard "billie jean" too many times at this point.

Fingers crossed "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" and "Wanna Be Startin' Something" are tied for 1st.

idg the love for "Wanna Be..." and never have. It's such a minor track in every way.

pshhhhhh

It's an 800-percale tapestry of hooks.

i voted for "billie jean" and everything, don't get me wrong. didn't vote for "wanna be startin' something" but that's only because the poll was impossible

I actually like the way this poll has turned out for the most part. Only gripes: Nasty too low, Stranger in Moscow way way too high (any placing would've been too high imo), and the weird praise Wanna Be... gets that vaults it way up lists like this. So, over all this poll rollout gets an A-.

Also, I haven't listened to The Velvet Rope a whole lot in the years since its release, so I'd forgotten about Empty. Great song! Thanks for reacquainting us, poll.

Only half my ballot is going to place, so...B+/could do better.

Only gripes: Nasty too low, Stranger in Moscow way way too high (any placing would've been too high imo), and the weird praise Wanna Be... gets that vaults it way up lists like this. So, over all this poll rollout gets an A-.

I mean, I am no fan of Motown-era Jacksons, but you don't hear me complaining about it.

... oh wait.

I think I need to memorise the style in these Michael videos and throw out all my clothes.

I voted all Janet, in part so I could hit the deadline, in part because I knew she'd be totally under-appreciated (true) and in part because I have become pretty sick of Michael after the past decade reading any sort of media at any time. But god damn if he didn't make some perfect records. I think I need to spend the rest of my life forgetting the horrible bullshit and just remembering the good times.

amazing how non-dated Billie Jean sounds even though it uses all sorts of quirky '80s production tricks and musical elements.

4. Michael Jackson - Human Nature (443 points, 16 votes, 3 1st Place Votes) from Thriller, 1982

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BlKDXmdiUQ

3. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough (449 points, 16 votes, 3 1st Place Votes) from Off The Wall, 1979

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

oh shit i need to leave for work in ten minutes plz hurry! or dont, and i'll have a nice surprise in the morning.

1. Rockwell feat Michael Jackson - Somebody's Watching Me (5000 points, 48 votes 20 1st Place Votes)

wtf these results are crazy!

i mean that in a good way.

except Thats the way love goes >> If

i didn't vote for "don't stop til you get enough," which i can't really defend. it's definitely the mj song that most immediately and consistently makes me want to dance. one time i was at a bakery and it came on and i had to suppress dancey vibes. then a dude came in and immediately started to dance up and down the narrow space in front of the counter. that dude otm.

lol

"human nature" was my #2 and is very beautiful.

I can't believe "The Girl Is Mine" got #2, well done everyone

wtf how did that not make #1

2 = Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
1 = I Want You Back

Now, Dan, we're not going to fight about this, ok?

#2 Do The Bartman

you know what song I really, really like in spite of myself, is "They Don't Care About Us"

okay had a long day so without further ado...

1 & 2. Hold My Hand - Michael Jackson feat. Akon from some terrible fucking album except for that Yellow Magic Orchestra track which sort of rules actually, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oCCnxBos10

hahaha

you know what song I really, really like in spite of myself, is "They Don't Care About Us"

― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, February 24, 2012 4:42 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i almost voted for it, heard the non-"kick me kike me" edit a lot after MJ died and it grew on me

no lie, "They Don't Care About Us" was one of the most thrilling parts of "This Is It" (the other being "Earth Song")

i still need to see that!

seriously though i know this cover is actually hella old but this is great and also the video is wonderful - watch it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx2ZmhYHxH4

This is killing me.

C'mon mama say, mama saw, et al.

2. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (455 points, 16 votes) from Thriller, 1982

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VaveOTQEZg

1. The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (521 points, 17 votes, 3 1st Place Votes) from Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5, 1969

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfJu_Bom2sA

SMH

the only predictable part of this poll

Thanks to everyone that voted!

I want you back wins any ts ever.

― horseshoe, Sunday, September 9, 2007 1:56 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i want you back wins all polls

― horseshoe, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:07 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i want you back is the greatest song of all time so

― horseshoe, Monday, June 13, 2011 2:24 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Best debut single by anyone, ever, in the history of everything.

thank you, Jamie_ATP!

ZERO #1 votes???????????????

My blind spot is the rest of y'alls deaf spot.

your deaf spot is my def spot

horseshoe otm, even though "Don't Stop" was my #1 and I Want You Back wasn't my top J5 song

I'm going to glass-half-full today's results and thank voters for recognizing Janet's best single.