wtf how did that not make #1
2 = Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'1 = I Want You Back
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
Now, Dan, we're not going to fight about this, ok?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
#2 Do The Bartman
― billstevejim, Friday, 24 February 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
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, 24 February 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
okay had a long day so without further ado...
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 24 February 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 24 February 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha
― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
― 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
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
no lie, "They Don't Care About Us" was one of the most thrilling parts of "This Is It" (the other being "Earth Song")
― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
i still need to see that!
― horseshoe, Friday, 24 February 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 24 February 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
This is killing me.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 24 February 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
SMH
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
the only predictable part of this poll
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
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
― horseshoe, Friday, 24 February 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
Best debut single by anyone, ever, in the history of everything.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
thank you, Jamie_ATP!
ZERO #1 votes???????????????
― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
My blind spot is the rest of y'alls deaf spot.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
your deaf spot is my def spot
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
horseshoe otm, even though "Don't Stop" was my #1 and I Want You Back wasn't my top J5 song
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to glass-half-full today's results and thank voters for recognizing Janet's best single.
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
thanks, Jamie! My favorite poll in months.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
Awesome Jamie, thanks (except that Say Say Say didn't make it)
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
cool poll, deserved winner
― J0rdan S., Friday, 24 February 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
thanks Jamie!xp also bummed about no Say Say Say even though I forgot to vote for it
― billstevejim, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
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
― billstevejim, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
Perfect 1-2. Good job.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
Make that perfect 1-2-3.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
SMH― dead-trius (Eric H.), Friday, February 24, 2012 9:58 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 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.
― seandalai, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
I prefer Don't Stop to Wanna Be but come on, I Want You Back is basically the perfect pop song.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Friday, 24 February 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 February 2012 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
Yr coworker is OTM
― wolf cola, everyone (thewufs), Friday, 24 February 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
amazing, you know oddly i didn't think people thought THAT much of Wanna Be Startin.. so glad that they do. what a TUNE.
― piscesx, Saturday, 25 February 2012 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
"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!
― Tuomas, Saturday, 25 February 2012 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Saturday, 25 February 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 25 February 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
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)
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Saturday, 25 February 2012 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
My ballot:
01. If, Janet Jackson02. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough, Michael Jackson03. Alright, Janet Jackson04. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Michael Jackson05. Can You Feel It, The Jacksons06. The Way You Make Me Feel, Michael Jackson07. The Pleasure Principle, Janet Jackson08. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground), The Jacksons09. What Have You Done For Me Lately, Janet Jackson10. I Wanna Be Where You Are, Michael Jackson11. Rhythm Nation, Janet Jackson12. Too Good To Be True (Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming), Jermaine Jackson feat. Michael Jackson13. Centipede, Rebbie Jackson14. Got 'Til It's Gone, Janet Jackson15. Dangerous, Michael Jackson16. Stranger in Moscow, Michael Jackson17. Human Nature, Michael Jackson18. Funky Big Band, Janet Jackson19. Get on the Floor, Michael Jackson20. Empty, Janet Jackson
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 February 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
<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.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 25 February 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
1. Got Til Its Gone2. Rope Burn3. Miss You Much4. If5. When I Think Of You6. Someone To Call My Lover7. Every Time8. Doesn't Really Matter9. The Pleasure Principle10. What's Its Gonna Be w/ Busta Rhymes11. You12. I Get Lonely13. That's The Way Love Goes14. This Time15. Lets Wait A While16. Alright17. Black Cat18. Velvet Rope19. China Love20. 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?
― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 25 February 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
full ballot:Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get EnoughJackson 5 - Dancing MachineMichael Jackson - Rock With YouJackson 5 - Never Can Say GoodbyeJackson 5 - ABCJackson 5 - I Want You BackMichael Jackson - Got To Be ThereJackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Comin' To TownMichael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'Michael Jackson - Billie JeanJackson 5 - I'll Be ThereJanet Jackson - Miss You MuchMichael Jackson - Human NatureJackson 5 - The Love You SaveMichael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)The Jacksons featuring Mick Jagger - State of ShockMichael Jackson - Man in the MirrorThe Jacksons - Can You Feel ItMichael Jackson - BadMichael Jackson - Beat It
― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Saturday, 25 February 2012 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
<3 all-Janet ballot
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 February 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Saturday, 25 February 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Jackson 5 - I want you backJackson 5 - Maybe tomorrowThe Jacksons - Show you the way to goMichael Jackson - Billie JeanJackson 5 - Life of a partyJackson 5 - Forever came todayMichael Jackson - Rock with youMichael Jackson - Don't stop 'til you get enoughJackson 5 - I am loveJackson 5 - Never can say goodbyeMichael Jackson - Wanna be startin' somethin'Janet Jackson - EmptyJermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora - When the rain begins to fallRebbie Jackson - CentipedeJackson 5 - Dancing machineJanet Jackson - When I think of youJermaine Jackson - Let's get seriousThe Jacksons - This place hotelJanet Jackson - EscapadeThe Jacksons - Can you feel it
― seandalai, Saturday, 25 February 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
1. Beat It2. That's The Way Love Goes3. I Want You Back4. You Rock My World5. Black Or White6. Darling Dear7. Smooth Criminal8. They Don't Care About Us9. Thriller10. Bad
11. Billie Jean12. I Just Can't Stop Loving You13. Dirty Diana14. Can You Feel It?15. I'll Be There16. The Way You Make Me Feel17. Say Say Say18. Blood On The Dancefloor19. Blame It On The Boogie20. Jam
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 25 February 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link