We created the 11 Most Popular Michael Jackson Song of All Time to honor one of the biggest and most influential names in the music industry, the late Michael Jackson. If you enjoy quality music, as well as videos, you also might like our similar article, The 10 Most Popular Songs of All-Time, and check if any of those songs reminds you of a certain period of your life.
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I’ve always felt like Michael Jackson was the epitome of talent gone awry or an incredible example of how Hollywood can mask a terribly flawed human being (if the accusations are true, which I believe they are).
The songs are ranked based on their performance on the Hot 100. Basically, the bigger the number of weeks as the number 1 on the chart, the better position it got on our list.
A trip down memory lane and let’s face it, even if the guy was crazy or a pervert, some of his music is just crazy good. enjoy!
11. “The Love You Save/ I Found That Girl”
The Jackson 5
Hot 100 Highest Position: 1
Reached number 1 position: June 27, 1970
Weeks at number 1 position: 2
Weeks On Chart: 13
Written and produced by The Corporation: Deke Richards, Alphonzo Mizell, Berry Gordy, Jr., and Freddie Perren.
The success of this song was an inspiration for the group, especially for Michael, to release nothing but hits in the future. The only group that achieved to have their first 4 singles become the Number 1 on the charts was “The Jackson 5”.
10. “The Girl Is Mine”
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
Hot 100 Peak Position: 2
Reached number 2 position: January 8, 1983
Weeks On Chart: 18
Written by: Michael Jackson
Produced by: Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones
This song was the first single from Michael’s 1982 album “Thriller”, and it was a duet with McCartney. It came out in October 1982 and in the first week it reached the 45th place on the Hot 100 chart. After a few weeks it reached the second place.
9. “ABC”
The Jackson 5
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1
Reached number 1 position: April 25, 1970
Weeks at number 1 position: 2
Weeks On Chart: 13
Written and produced by The Corporation: Deke Richards, Alphonzo Mizell, Berry Gordy, Jr., and Freddie Perren.
This is the song that marked the run down the chart for the Beatles’ song “Let it be”, which was ruling the charts before the “Jackson 5” took the crown.
8. “I Want You Back”
The Jackson 5
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1
Reached the number 1 position: January 31, 1970
Weeks at number 1 position: 2
Weeks On Chart: 19
Written and produced by The Corporation: Deke Richards, Alphonzo Mizell, Berry Gordy, Jr., and Freddie Perren.
This single is a first timer for a few things when it comes to “Jackson 5”. It was their first single released by Motown, the first song written and produced by the Corporation, and it was the first number 1 on the charts, followed by the straight number 1 run, with the next 3 singles.
7. “Man In The Mirror”
Michael Jackson
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1
Reached the number 1 position: March 16, 1988
Weeks at number 1 position: 2
Weeks On Chart: 17
Written by: Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett
Produced by: Quincy Jones
With this song, Michael’s album “Bad” became the first ever album to have 4 number 1 hits on the Hot 100 chart. The “Man in the Mirror” climbed on the first place of the Hot 100 chart in 1988. The song was nominated in the category “Record of the Year” at the Grammy Awards.
6. “Dancing Machine”
The Jackson 5
Hot 100 Peak Position: 2
Reached the number 2 position: May 18, 1974
Weeks at number 1 position: 0
Weeks On Chart: 22
Written by: Hal Davis, Don Fletcher, Dean Parks
Produced by: Hal Davis
“Dancing Machine” was the last song that would appear in the Hot 100 top 10 as the release of Motown Records, and under the name ”The Jackson 5”, since the group started recording for Epic in 1976, and changed the name to “The Jacksons”. Interesting fact related to this song, is that the famous “Robot dance” technique, first performed by Charles Washington, became a hit dance after Michael did that dance on television, during an episode of ”Soul train”, and this is a great reason for this song to find its place in our list of 11 Most Popular Michael Jackson Song of All Time.
5. “Rock With You”
Michael Jackson
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1
Reached the number 1 position: January 19, 1980
Weeks at number 1 position: 4
Weeks On Chart: 24
Written by: Rod Temperton
Produced by: Quincy Jones
“Rock with you” was Michaels third number 1 on the chart, song, and with 4 weeks on the leading spot, it made a record for that time. This song also reached the number 4 spot on Billboard’s top Hot 100 songs of 1980, and it also brought the Top Singles Artist honors for Michael, that year.
4. “Beat It”
Michael Jackson
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1
Reached the number 1 position: April 30, 1983
Weeks at number 1 position: 3
Weeks On Chart: 25
Written by: Michael Jackson
Produced by: Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson
The song “Beat It”, gave Michael two Grammies, for the Record of the Year, as well as for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. It also brought Michael two American Music Awards, and it also reached the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame. The album “Thriller” became very popular and it became the best-selling album of all time, thanks to the video for this song. “Beat it” holds the 344th place in the Rolling Stone list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
3. “I’ll Be There”
The Jackson 5
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1
Reached the number 1 position: October 17, 1970
Weeks at number 1 position: 5
Weeks On Chart: 16
Written by: Willie Hutch, Hal Davis, Berry Gordy, and Bob West
Produced by: Hal Davis
This single represents the end of “The Jackson 5” winning streak of the of 4 straight Hot 100 number 1s. They did reach the top 10 in the HOT 100 by the end of the group’s career, but never again did they reach the number 1 spot.
2. “Billie Jean”
Michael Jackson
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1
Reached the number 1 position: March 5, 1983
Weeks at number 1 position: 7
Weeks On Chart: 24
Written by: Michael Jackson
Produced by: Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson
Already very famous, with solo Hot 100 number 1s, Michael Jackson became ultra popular on a global level with this song. It remained at the top of the chart for an amazing 7 weeks, and made the album”Thriller” for ever famous.
1. “Say Say Say”
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1
Reached the number 1 position: December 12, 1983
Weeks at number 1 position: 6
Weeks On Chart: 20
Written by: Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
Produced by: George Martin
After the two singers made “The Girl Is Mine” duet, which became quite successful, they decided to do another duet. “Say Say Say” turned out to be a planetary hit and reached the top 10 in almost every chart around the world, in 1983. And it certainly deserves the number one spot on our list.
If you’re looking for some juice gossip – Paul McCartney has made no secret of his detest for Michael Jackson. Once, they had a conversation and Michael asked Paul his advice on getting rich and where the value was in the music industry. Paul simply told him to buy the rights of other musicians’ work. Regardless of whether you produced or wrote or performed, the rights can belong to you. Years later, Michael did none other than buy the rights to the Beatles’ music! He made scores off of the work of Paul and a simple internet search will lead you straight to how Paul responed – with incredulous contempt.
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