Those who know me also know I am obsessed with all time lists. Belgian radio nostalgie held its annual top 3000 songs of all time as voted by the public. I forgot to vote unfortunately but I made good by voting for the final stretch. The final stretch are the last 30 songs, they are unranked yet. Luckily Billie Jean made it to the final 30 so I voted for that song. Hopefully it can get it in the top 10. I’m not thinking about nr 1 these places are always for Queen, Abba or Bryan Adams.
Either way the list from nr 3000 to 31 is already up in the air and it is glorious. Michael Jackson has 28 solo songs in the list which make him the solo artist with most entries! He is featured 8 more times as part of the jackson(s) 5 for a total of 36 songs with MJ on lead vocals in the list! This accumulated total beats Queen who have 34 entries.
The only other artist with more entries is Paul McCartney (25 with the Beatles and 13 solo/Wings).
These songs made the list:
The Jacksons: Blame it on the boogie, can you feel it, shake your body, state of shock, torture
The Jackson 5: ABC, I want you back, I’ll be there
Solo: Billie Jean, Beat It, Thriller, Wanna be startin something, black or white, don’t stop till you get enough, man in the mirror, Bad, Heal the world, Rock with you, Dirty Diana, human nature, you are not alone, earth song, off the wall, Ben, I just can’t stop loving you, The girl is mine, Smooth criminal, they dont care about us, say say say, the way you make me feel, will you be there, love never felt so good, remember the time, one day in your life, HIStory (remix), give in to me
Solo breakdown
Thriller: 6 tracks
Bad: 6 tracks
Dangerous: 5 tracks
HIStory: 3 tracks
Off the wall: 3 tracks
Blood on the dancefloor: 1 track
Xscape: 1 track
Motown: 2 tracks
This makes me super happy