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

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.

thanks, Jamie! My favorite poll in months.

Awesome Jamie, thanks (except that Say Say Say didn't make it)

cool poll, deserved winner

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.