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

Aside from maybe "That's the Way Love Goes," I mean?

Right now, it's looking like "If" is it for the top 10. Maybe "Pleasure Principal."

omg, new (old?) pron title

Would love "Throb" or "What About" to place, but I think it's probably too late for that now.

Is this going to turn into the Stevie Wonder poll all over again, with Innervisions (or, in this case, Thriller) taking up over half the top 10?

I can see "Don't Stop Till Tou Get Enough" winning though.

The way these results have been going, it's too soon to make calls, but I'm starting to feel an "I Want You Back" triumph over "Billie Jean."

"Billie Jean" didn't even win the Thriller poll: THRILLER POLL

i really think "Don't Stop" is gonna take it all, since it's kind of THE Off The Wall hit where most of the other big Michael/Janet albums will kind of have votes split between a bunch of different songs

when "PYT" wins I'm going to give you all such a look

My dentist had 'Black or White' on earlier, I think that was a sign.

Plenty more from Off the Wall to come, I think (hope). Maybe more than from Thriller?

i went to an office birthday party today and "PYT" was playing on the stereo, goddamn i love that song

there are at least 4 songs from Thriller guaranteed to show up later, i seriously doubt that many from Off The Wall will place this high

I dunno how anyone could listen to PYT and not be creeped out by it

Yeah, unless you are receptive to an awesome song full of great hooks.

haha i was actually gonna say it's amazing that "PYT" hasn't been tainted at all by MJ's later life, at least not for me

"Don't Stop" and "Rock With You" are shoo-ins at least.

no doubt. but so are "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" and "Human Nature" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'."

wait so "Miss You Much" isn't going to place?

i honestly have no idea, seems like a 50/50 shot at this point

"Miss You Much" is totally a top 20 song, come on

yeah I mean you'd think it's a given

bold prediction: I think "Beat It" won't make this poll

you're probably right, but i'd be more confident if i hadn't cut it from my ballot at the last minute (xpost)

euler you crazy

"Miss You Much" is my least favorite RN single :(

I love "Beat It" but it's a lot harder for me to separate from the hype when it was new than any other MJ song. plus the video while classic is also hilariously lame: Michael as killer is such a bad look.

that is a very weird image to take away from the "Beat It" video

were the knifes just for cutting salad?

(avoiding a circumcision joke)

Michael didn't have a knife!

he looked so lame in that vdeo that every teenager in america tried to copy his outfit for years

like the entire story of the video was "Michael wanders around town singing to himself before showing up at a rumble to stop it with choreographed dance", I am not quite sure how that translates to "Michael as killer"

imo the bigger question is "which Paul duet cracked the top 20?"

I thought he had a knife! it's been years. & it is true that the look was popular. but I dunno: I'll retreat to the view that "Michael wanders around town singing to himself before showing up at a rumble to stop it with choreographed dance" is hilariously lame

btw I voted for "Ben"

Here's the video for reference: http://youtu.be/meT2eqgDjiM

some really rong things being said about "beat it" itt. the choreography in that video is my favorite MJ choreography ever. on those turns, he looks like he's about to take flight. also one of the songs that took on new resonance for me after his death; i had never noticed how sad the lyrics are before. it was my top-placing Thriller song.

Here's my challop: I only started being able to listen to "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" without turning it off in disgust last year. It is easily my least favorite of Janet's classic period and good bit worse than some of her later not-so-classic-period singles (particularly "Feedback" and "All Nite (Don't Stop)")

I suspect this might be the only poll where most of my ballot is in the top 20. Didn't vote for 'Beat It.

i don't need to turn "love will never do" off but i have no particular attachment to it, either. the song itself was sort of overshadowed by the video and boobs! and different-looking-nose! iirc

i should have done an all-janet ballot. i hope she's not blocked out of the top 10.

"love will never do" is the first janet song i remember as a current hit single during the period that i was gradually becoming actively engaged with popular music as a child. i had a conversation with my step-sister about how she thought they were saying something like "rockaway choo choo" at the end of the song.

no man, michael jackson dancing down a hallway is still literally the coolest thing in the world

Euler must also think West Side Story + every other sublime thing under the sun is lame.

I am assuming no one felt they needed to rewatch the video

lol what is that?

maybe "lame" is too strong but yeah West Side Story is hilarious! gangs! dancing!

I love "Beat It" btw even though I didn't vote for it here

u r my sworn enemy

let's dance it out

Can't believe you're hating on Beat It, when Bad exists