There’s something about that line “Annie are you ok, are you ok Annie,” that goes on permanent rotation in my brain for days after each time I hear the song.

Maybe its because it came out when I was in year six, and I loved it then.

There’s so many other Michael Jackson songs that we’ll be listening to forever, but this is my favourite.

It might be a bit cheesy, but Ben also gets me every time.

He’d grown up a bit by the time of Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough (It’s hard to find video of this you can embed, the following is just audio. You can see a lot of this stuff at Jackson’s own YouTube channel).

And then, of course, there’s Thriller (this is live - again, for the legendary music video go to Jacko’s own YouTube.)

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    • SCOTT says:

      10:20am | 26/06/09

      my favourite MJ song is Beat It,awesome,

    • Arnold Layne says:

      10:30am | 26/06/09

      Mine has always been Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’.  As lead track on Thriller it sets the mood for the album, has a brilliant hook and the superb gospel outro that was recently sampled by someone or other. “Mamma se mamma sa etc” (forgive the spelling!)

    • hawks10 says:

      10:32am | 26/06/09

      BILLIE JEAN!!

    • Chris says:

      10:33am | 26/06/09

      Librarian Girl

    • Nat says:

      10:40am | 26/06/09

      My favourite is Billy Jean.  Everytime I hear, that beat, I just wanna dance.

    • tammy says:

      10:43am | 26/06/09

      My fav is Ben, so innocent,,,,,,

    • cornelius lenihan says:

      10:56am | 26/06/09

      that was really a good song ,“criminal mind”, suited him very well . .............

    • Louc says:

      11:03am | 26/06/09

      that leaning dance move in the smooth criminal film clip is just epic…it’s definitley one of my favs…too many to pic from but ‘don’t stop til you get enough’ is right up the top

    • Ford says:

      11:18am | 26/06/09

      “You are not alone” or “Billy Jean”.  Both epic.  He’ll be sadly missed for his music.

    • The Power says:

      11:22am | 26/06/09

      Man in the Mirror wins easily….... more meaning in the lyrics than any other song ever recorded.

    • Kristina says:

      11:23am | 26/06/09

      Man in the Mirror

    • Jeune says:

      11:28am | 26/06/09

      Thriller by a mile.

    • skidhead says:

      11:32am | 26/06/09

      Can you feel it is my fave, I just love the way the melody & lyrics take you higher & higher.

    • ASHLEA says:

      11:39am | 26/06/09

      The way you make me feel without a doubt is my fave!!!

    • Natalie Newby says:

      12:12pm | 26/06/09

      You Rock My World ... followed closely by The Way You Make Me Feel.

    • David says:

      12:14pm | 26/06/09

      Heal the world

    • Terri says:

      12:25pm | 26/06/09

      Off the wall, and Burn this disco down…lots of memories from a more innocent time

    • Jonathan says:

      12:26pm | 26/06/09

      Didn’t he do “Young Boys Are My Weakness”?  OH. Kate Ceberano.  Right, my mistake.

    • Jay Sherman says:

      12:32pm | 26/06/09

      Dirty Diana for me…...followed closely by Thriller

    • Kim says:

      12:38pm | 26/06/09

      Dirty Dianna!!!

    • BOB says:

      12:44pm | 26/06/09

      Billie Jean.

    • False Sincerity says:

      12:48pm | 26/06/09

      Why not just keep at the name that the media has been giving him for all these years? Keep calling him Wacko Jacko. I know you want to.

    • Elle says:

      12:50pm | 26/06/09

      “Man in the Mirror” - it has always given me goose bumps. My favourite by far grin

    • Vimal says:

      12:53pm | 26/06/09

      Heal the World ! ! ! ! ! !

    • tb303 says:

      12:54pm | 26/06/09

      “Human Nature” from the Thriller album (I think)... just a nice lazy sunday morning track.  The good old days.

    • Lauren says:

      12:57pm | 26/06/09

      How can you pick just one? Everytime I think I know what my fave MJ song is another pops in my head! The Way You Make me feel, billie jean, rock with you, black or white, blood on the dancefloor, man in the mirror…. the list goes on and on. What would the world be like with out the sounds of MJ?

    • kw says:

      12:58pm | 26/06/09

      I love love love “the way you make me feel”...i feel like dancing immediately it and always puts a smile on my face

    • Your name: says:

      01:00pm | 26/06/09

      BJ!!!!

    • Almudena says:

      01:06pm | 26/06/09

      Mine is “Man in the Mirror”.

      Chris, your favorite song is titled “Liberian Girl”, not “Librarian Girl” ; ). I like that one too.

    • agi says:

      01:08pm | 26/06/09

      Man in the mirror or Thriller for the win.

      Actually Thriller maybe more for the film clip, that was awesome. Still have the making of it somewhere…

    • Lexi says:

      01:12pm | 26/06/09

      I’m with you @Tammy… There’s nothing with the innocence of Ben around for kids these days.  Compare the young MJ with Pussycat Dolls (eeewww) or Miley Cyrus (uhumm).  It also had a lovely “message” - to be kind to others who have been shunned… Bet there’s a run on all his old albums!

    • Cam says:

      01:15pm | 26/06/09

      You are not Alone

    • Millster says:

      01:19pm | 26/06/09

      Billie Jean
      You Rock My World
      Dirty Diana

      RIP Michael you legend

    • PF says:

      01:25pm | 26/06/09

      Smooth Criminal / Billie Jean in a tie for me…

    • Steve Symon says:

      01:35pm | 26/06/09

      When Ben by MJ was around and Puppy Love by Donny Osmond, an innocence still existed in the world that sadly no longer exists….....children believed in Santa, the tooth fairy and were children for as long they could be…......nowadays they grow up far too quickly, lose their innocence and rapidly develop a cynical view of the world….....people and children especially, are virtually unshockable these days…..........once you’ve seen a plane flown deliberately into the twin towers, read about Josef Fritzl and witnessed the very public breakdowns of Britney Spears and Michael Jackson, you realise there’s no going back to the days of innocence and Ben and ABC etc…..

    • Mel B says:

      01:42pm | 26/06/09

      My Favea were “In The Closet” - especially that filmclip with Naomi Campbell, hot… also “Give Into Me” having both MJ & Slash together in a song - pure genius!

    • Jenna says:

      01:51pm | 26/06/09

      Scream - the duet with Janet Jackson or They dont care about us with the awesome drums in the background

    • Sarah says:

      02:01pm | 26/06/09

      Beat It - for the hook, the Van Halen solo and the video with the duelling gangster dancers.

    • Zed says:

      02:00pm | 26/06/09

      Off the Wall! seriously makes me think most of you haven’t even listened his music unless it had a music video.

    • Gregory says:

      02:01pm | 26/06/09

      I think for me, its the song “Dont stop till you get enough” Why?, there is always a song that you have in your life that reminds you of where you were and what you were feeling at the time.
      This one brings me right to that very moment in time when I had a smile from ear to ear - what was it?
      Not telling.

    • Miss M says:

      02:34pm | 26/06/09

      What about us
      Beat it
      Billie Jean
      Thriller…....

      there are too many…he was such an amazing artist - we will always be greatful for your music and revloution of dance style MJ!

      Thankyou and it will leave on….

    • Steve says:

      03:03pm | 26/06/09

      Generational thing (I am 50 this year) Ben does it for me which has been summed up so well by a couple of other writers here. A period when kids were kids, maybe MJ just never grew up. I’m not a huge fan but am still shocked at his early death.

    • stephen says:

      03:15pm | 26/06/09

      Imagine!!

    • alex says:

      03:26pm | 26/06/09

      Just good friends, the duet on Bad, with Stevie Wonder is one I still listen to quite often. As for smooth criminal, you aren’t going to get any argument from me! That song is brilliant. RIP MJ - we’ll miss you. One of the great legends of the 80’s - the best decade ever, and the best artist ever. From a Gen X’er..

    • A says:

      03:42pm | 26/06/09

      wat abt heal the world

    • Chris says:

      04:18pm | 26/06/09

      wat abt lrn to spel

    • Mrs M: says:

      04:44pm | 26/06/09

      Smooth Criminal,Man in the Mirror,I just can’t stop Loving you & Give in to Me.Where all just amazing songs and he will be so sadly missed by all of his fans.Rest in Peace Michael xxxxx

    • R says:

      04:48pm | 26/06/09

      They don’t really care about us

      Billie Jean

      Smoothe Criminal

      Man in the mirror

    • Netty says:

      04:53pm | 26/06/09

      “Ben, the two of us need look no more .. we both found what we were looking for .. with a friend to call my own, I’ll never be alone .. and you my friend will see .. you’ve got a friend in me.”

      That was a song to break your heart .. about a friendship with a rat.  And probably said a lot about MJ’s isolation and lot in life.  Not your average life ..  but an amazing star that will always shine bright!

    • Lestat Gold says:

      05:44pm | 26/06/09

      In the closet is my favourite.The beat is incredible and the music video is just awesome

    • Tom says:

      06:01pm | 26/06/09

      Ebony and Ivory

    • Candice says:

      06:07pm | 26/06/09

      He was a great performer! And no one can BEAT that!!! I love all his songs! I have favourites…..but they are all Great!

      RIP Michael

    • Chris says:

      06:44pm | 26/06/09

      I was never convinced Jacko was a paedophile, but if he was, it was the least of his problems.

      The guy gave me the creeps.

    • Sandy says:

      07:27pm | 26/06/09

      Without doubt my favorite is and always will be ALL OF THEM the king of choriography and pop legend, he will always be remembered.

    • Michael says:

      09:29pm | 26/06/09

      Sudden realisation that it can all be over in the blink of an eye. Im 25 but i still have vivid memories of the History tour and concert at the MCG as a child. They dont care about us i love! one of the things i really like is that the remakes “Alien ant farm” style of the jacko classics. Oh and really enjoy and will show my children when they are old enough the “Extended Videos” and The short films he made including Ghosts and Moonwalker

    • SERAH says:

      10:52pm | 26/06/09

      Librarian Girl , Smooth criminal my favourites,He made every song a big hit!!!

    • Maestro says:

      11:07pm | 26/06/09

      Billie Jean hands down!

    • Early Fan says:

      11:09pm | 26/06/09

      Thriller, what an album, im 35 and can still remember listening to it, with the big headphones on up full boar and thinking this is awesome, it was a brand new vinyl my old man brought. Iwill probably buy it again 25 years later

    • Kiriakoz says:

      12:07am | 27/06/09

      My favourite song of his was ‘Another Part of Me’. I used to go to my neighbours house every day when I was a kid and we’d listen to the ‘Bad’ album EVERY DAY for a year.

    • kevin says:

      09:16am | 27/06/09

      Tom says:
      Ebony and Ivory

      Sorry Tom, that was Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. (1982)

      Say, Say, Say was with McCartney & Jackson (1984)
      My fave - Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough. Was the first song I remember as him as solo performer. Film clip shows off the amazing moves with his feet and body which later evolved to the famous moonwalk.
      He set the pace for todays dance styles for sure. LOng live his music and dance.

    • Cathy says:

      10:38am | 27/06/09

      He had many great songs, but absolutely loved “CAN’T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH”.  One of the hottest dance tracks ever.

    • cher says:

      12:39pm | 27/06/09

      BEN for sure, then again all of them…yeh

    • Rach says:

      06:01pm | 27/06/09

      Black or White and Thriller, but I love them all.
      RIP Michael

    • MANNY ADELAIDE says:

      10:50pm | 27/06/09

      i Dont have words, how can i describe his legendry and mile stone in field of MUZIC ....undoubt he was nd he is incredible, unbeatble STAR*****  I remember wen i was year 6th how i liked his music even dat tym i cant understand wat he saying,bt i love his incredible music n style!! MJ is star of millenium nd he will allways shine bright nd different!! NO ONE CAN TAKE HIS PLACE* 
      I love his all songs,if i mention here few it could b unjustified. m trying..
      EARTH SONG
      THRILLER
      BAD
      THE WAY MAKE ME FEEL
      DIRTY DIANA, YOU ARE NT ALONE, BEAT IT, SMOOTH CRMNL, BLACK N WHITE,,,,MANYYYYYY MORE********** REST IN PEACE, MJ,,  U HAVE SPL PLACE IN OUR HEART JACKO*

    • Elizabeth says:

      11:56pm | 27/06/09

      Wow how do I pick just one great mj songs when they were all great with a beautiful message behind them.  If I had to pick one that takes me back to a moment in time it would have to be “PYT” (Pretty young thing). Which brings back the memory of going to my first school dance hearing mj singing that song,  Then there is “Don’t stop til you get enough”, “Bille Jean”,NA THERE IS TOO MANY TO MENTION!!!! LOVED THEM ALL. Thank you Michael for the music, memories,and your brilliance, You Rocked our World.
      R.I.P now sweet man,

    • Charlie says:

      12:45am | 28/06/09

      Man In The Mirror and Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough are my favs. Also love Dancing Machine by the Jacksons - RIP Michael

    • Karin says:

      09:53am | 28/06/09

      EARTH SONG. Gets me every time. I played it when I heard of his death. Cried, and cried. Second to that is SCREAM with Janet Jackson. And I bet right now he’s doing his dance moves in Heaven.

    • Vicky says:

      10:12am | 28/06/09

      I agree with others who are having difficulty selecting their favourite song. One of my all times faves is Can You Feel It? although that is a Jackson 5 song admittedly !
      I also love Billie Jean and Wanna Be Starting Something - it’s hard not to dance when I hear those

    • Charles Williams says:

      10:15am | 28/06/09

      Black or White is my favorite song by Micheal Jackson and so is Thriller

    • jenno says:

      11:08am | 28/06/09

      Blame it on the boogie

    • Dushan Alponsu says:

      03:10pm | 28/06/09

      My favourite is “The Way you Make Me Feel” from the album Bad

    • RR says:

      03:13pm | 29/06/09

      I liked all his songs but I’ll mentiom 3
      Ben
      One Day In Your Life (a number 1 hit in Sydney years after he recorded it)
      I Want You Back

    • Matisse says:

      06:09pm | 29/06/09

      So cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • CARMELITITA NOBLE says:

      09:57pm | 29/06/09

      I LOVED HE SONG GOT TO BE THERE AND SO MANY OTHERS

      CARMELITA

    • BG says:

      12:42pm | 30/06/09

      “I kissed a boy (and I liked it)”

      He sang that right?

    • Sharon Simonet says:

      01:58pm | 30/06/09

      Such a great loss we all loved your music. I hope you find peace and happiness that you were always looking for but never found. Rest in peace Michael Jackson

    • malinkar says:

      03:18am | 02/07/09

      cant stop till you get enough!!  -  a man of excess in all forms, who gave a lot, but who finally paid the untimely price

    • Marty says:

      09:15am | 02/07/09

      Billie Jean then Way You Make Me Feel, too cool

    • Shelly says:

      04:42pm | 08/07/09

      I loved MJ’s music.  Billie Jean was AMAZING!!!!

    • leann says:

      10:09am | 11/07/09

      I grew up in the 80’s and remember watching his video” Billie Jean”,” Beat it, “and “Thriller.”  He was a talented man. My favorite song is ,“Man in the Mirror”. I like all his songs though.  I was in Highschool when I saw “The Man in the Mirror” video. Rest in Peace Michael.

    • Georgie says:

      08:29pm | 20/07/09

      Bille Jean, By a mile!!
      RIP MJ.

    • kk says:

      07:21am | 09/02/10

      Who is it, dangerous, 2000 watts, money, this time around, liberian girl, will you be there…..............some of these songs were his absolute best

    • Steph says:

      04:07pm | 21/10/11

      I was born in the mid 50’s, he was only three years younger then me, and I listened to him all of the time. I Love BEN, then when Michael grew up , well into manhood, Dirty Diana, Another Part Of Me, The Way You Make Me Feel, Smooth Criminal, Leave Me Alone, Man In The Mirror,Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean,Jam,Dangerous.You Rock My World. He was very gifted and very talented .
      A Tragic loss, however i do hope he has found his peace, that he never had in life. His BAD Era his best for me.

 

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