# Michael Jackson songs on your iPod **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071 "2009-06-26T14:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/1 "2009-06-26T14:52:09Z")
I’ve got _Billie Jean_ on my nostalgia mix, though the entire _Thriller_ album is there. Other than that, I hadn’t bothered to get any more. Though now, I think I’d like a copy of _Off the Wall_. You? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/2 "2009-06-26T14:55:26Z")
No Michael Jackson solo stuff. I do have “I Want You Back,” “I’ll Be There” and “Dancing Machine” from his Jackson 5 days. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/3 "2009-06-26T14:58:30Z")
Not a thing, except for the sampled bit in Rhianna’s song that is in my workout mix. Jackson hasn’t been relevent to me for almost 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/4 "2009-06-26T15:14:17Z")
Only two, _Smooth Criminal_ and _Thriller_. Good, fast songs. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/5 "2009-06-26T15:17:14Z")
I have nothing from him or the Jackson 5 in my 5,000+ song library, though I do have a cover of “Billie Jean” by Neil Finn that I quite like. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/6 "2009-06-26T16:00:08Z")
I have ABC, but that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/7 "2009-06-26T16:07:03Z")
I have 179 Michael Jackson solo songs, 155 Jackson 5 songs, and 51 Jacksons songs. The earliest are some Steeltown Records recordings pre-Motown (1967 or so) and the latest from 2001’s Invincible. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/8 "2009-06-26T17:06:26Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I have ABC, but that’s it. Courtesy of the earworm induced by _Clerks II_, me too. That, “Dancing Machine” and the theme to _The Banana Splits_ was the soundtrack to my primary school days ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/9 "2009-06-26T17:22:32Z")
50 Michael Jackson songs, 11 Jackson 5 songs, and 1 Jacksons song. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/10 "2009-06-26T17:39:48Z")
Two: Stranger in Moscow and Human Nature ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/11 "2009-06-26T17:43:32Z")
Nothing. I like him fine but am exposed to all I need just through conventional channels and that’s going to do nothing but increase in the foreseeable future. I fully expect MJ sales to take off though. It always happens. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/12 "2009-06-26T17:44:19Z")
Solo: Smooth Criminal Remember the Time Dirty Diana The Way You Make Me Feel Working Day and Night Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough Wanna Be Startin’ Something P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) Thriller video Jackson 5: Rockin’ Robin Dancing Machine A B C Never Can Say Goodbye I’ll Be There Who’s Lovin’ You Going Back to Indiana ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/13 "2009-06-26T17:59:17Z")
I have “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough” and the Jackson Five’s “I Want You Back.” That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/14 "2009-06-26T18:07:36Z")
> [@susan\_foster](#): > > Solo: > > Jackson 5: > Rockin’ Robin Rockin’ Robin is not The Jackson 5, it’s also solo (and young) MJ. (It was my favorite song ever when I was 4 or 5 years old.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/15 "2009-06-26T18:13:47Z")
I think it was the first pop song I ever knew all the words to! ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/16 "2009-06-27T01:06:13Z")
Like all true Americans, I have all of Thriller and Off the Wall on my iPod. Also Bad, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson Five, ABC, The Third Album, and Maybe Tomorrow. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/17 "2009-06-27T01:45:55Z")
“ABC,” “PYT,” “Thriller,” and “Billie Jean.” That’s all, I think. ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-songs-on-your-ipod/501071/18 "2009-06-27T03:44:10Z")
Jackson 5: I Want You Back I’ll Be There (two versions) The Love You Save Never Can Say Goodbye Michael Jackson: none