MICHAEL JACKSON: HIS BEST TEN SONGS

Michael Jackson, or the "King of Pop" is considered to be one of the greatest artists of the whole twentieth century. With no doubt, Michael Jackson has become one of the most important icons of popular culture over the last four decades.

His contributions were not only to music but also to dance and fashion although quite unfortunately, he will also be remembered by the scandals that appeared along his life.

Michael Jackson will never be forgotten and neither will be the dance techniques that he popularized such as the robot or the moonwalk. His sound and style have been a great influence on later hip-hop, disco, R&B, pop and rock artists.




BILLIE JEAN

This song appeared in Jackson´s sixth solo album, Thriller (1982). This worldwide success was based on "groupies" Jackson said to have encountered along his life.

                                                       















BEAT IT

The third single of the same album, Thriller (1982). The song was promoted with a short film in which Jackson brought two gangs together thanks to the power of music and dance.

       


                                             
BLACK OR WHITE

The first single from Jackson's eighth album, Dangerous (1991) has one of the best-known guitar riffs in ythe history of pop music.

                                                         

THRILLER

This song had a 13-minute music video and was released in December 1983 and it is still considered the most influential pop music video of all time.

SMOOTH CRIMINAL

The seventh single of Jackson's 1987 Bad album. The lyrics of the song talk about a girl called Annie, who has been attacked in her appartment by a "smooth" assailant.

THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL

Another single from Jackson's Bad album, this song quickly became one of his greatest hits. It showed Jacson pursuing and dancing with a woman.

             The Way You Make Me Feel

BAD

Jackson said about this song that it was influenced by a real life story he had read about. In the video-clip made by Martin Scorsese, Jackson and a group of background dancers did some dance routines in a subway station.

                                 Bad

MAN IN THE MIRROR

One of the most acclaimed songs by Michael Jackson, it contains a gospel choir and speaks about the need to change oneself first  in order to change the world later.

                      Man in the Mirror

HEAL THE WORLD

This song of 1991 showed childrem from countries suffering unrest and hunger. Jackson also created the Heal The World Foundation, a charitable organization to improve the lives of children.

                           Heal The World

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

This R&B ballad was perhaps the last hit of Michael Jackson and it was an instant commercial and critical successs. It's a fantastic song about love and isolation.

                  You are not alone