# Which Michael Jackson song is your current earworm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444 "2009-07-09T13:21:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/21 "2009-07-09T21:05:57Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Yeah, I don’t remember where I saw it, but it might have been Youtube. He looked pretty good and was doing some pretty cool slow-motion dance moves. I haven’t seen anything on They Don’t Care About Us. Is it this [clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qE22UOlQts)? That song is They Don’t Care About Us. It’s the one that’s been played over and over again. If there’s another one, that would be awesome to see, too. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/22 "2009-07-09T21:13:05Z")
No, it isn’t that one. IIRC, he was all alone onstage and the clip begins with him asking questions of someone off-camera as to how he was to begin…positions and so forth. At one point during the song he interjects: “Boys!”, seemingly to indicate where his dancers were to come in. It seems to me that it was from a rehearsal two (or maybe three) nights before he died. I just tried to find it on Youtube but kept getting the one you’re referring to. I have to leave shortly but if it doesn’t turn up in the meantime I’ll see if I can find it later. Also, it might have been a clip on Fox, CNN, Drudge, etc., in which case it might not be retrievable. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/23 "2009-07-09T21:14:05Z")
Cool…I’m sure it’ll be circulating soon enough. Well, I hope so anyway, I’d definitely like to see it. Thanks for looking! ---
**Author:** ![RhapsodyInBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RhapsodyInBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RhapsodyInBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/24 "2009-07-10T02:54:29Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > No, it isn’t that one. IIRC, he was all alone onstage and the clip begins with him asking questions of someone off-camera as to how he was to begin…positions and so forth. At one point during the song he interjects: “Boys!”, seemingly to indicate where his dancers were to come in. It seems to me that it was from a rehearsal two (or maybe three) nights before he died. I just tried to find it on Youtube but kept getting the one you’re referring to. I have to leave shortly but if it doesn’t turn up in the meantime I’ll see if I can find it later. Also, it might have been a clip on Fox, CNN, Drudge, etc., in which case it might not be retrievable. Sounds like it might be [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKW3PpgF3JA&feature=related) from rehearsals for his “Dangerous” tour. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/25 "2009-07-10T03:00:33Z")
Yeah, that’s it! I could swear the link I followed to it claimed it was from a “This Is It” rehearsal two days before he died. No wonder he seemed more on top of his game than I would have thought. Anyway, that clip is why Human Nature has been my MJ earworm the last week or so. My apologies for getting your hopes up, **Freudian Slit**. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/26 "2009-07-10T03:18:28Z")
Aww, no worries. 🙂 I’m sure the Jackson family will eventually release the entire rehearsal (if it’s available) on DVD at some point. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/27 "2009-07-10T04:44:06Z")
I’ve watched _ **Captain EO** _ a couple of times in the past week. The two major songs from that film/attraction, “ **We Are Here to Change the World** ” and “ **Another Part of Me** ” have been on my mind lately. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/28 "2009-07-10T05:13:38Z")
As an expat Hoosier: [I’m going back to Indiana](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmXP9Y1HdWE) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/29 "2009-07-10T05:16:37Z")
I’m very thankfully to have managed to avoid that particular kind of horrific infection. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/30 "2009-07-10T08:02:37Z")
The line I’ve been humming for the last few days is _All I wanna say is that they don’t really care about us_. Don’t know the actual title. It’s not bad though. At least it got _Take A Letter, Maria_ out of my head. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/31 "2009-07-10T08:31:12Z")
Annie is you okay? Annie is you okay? Are you okay Annie? Smooth Criminal is my always and forever Michael earworm. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/32 "2009-07-10T11:47:07Z")
Easy, “Billie Jean.” Both because it’s my favorite and also because I’ve heard it roughly twice a day recently…passing cars, inside stores, on TV, and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/33 "2009-07-10T12:47:40Z")
Mostly “I’ll Be There” because of hearing it at the service and occasionally “1 2 3 ABC” because of Clerks 2. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/34 "2009-07-10T14:49:45Z")
Count me in for “Say, Say, Say”. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/35 "2009-07-10T15:00:12Z")
It flips between “I’ll Be There” and “Rockin’ Robin.” Annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/36 "2009-07-10T15:32:43Z")
Leave Me Alone is stuck in my head. Whenever someone talks about MJ, that song pops in and I can’t get it out. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444/37 "2009-07-10T16:43:18Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Something’s gotten lodged in your brain after two weeks on nonstop MJmania, right? > > Me: “Human Nature.” > > Could be worse – could be lots worse. Human Nature, too. Something about the line “See that girl/ she knows I’m watching/ she likes the way I stare”-- I don’t know. It’s sexy. Love it. I’m also listening to “Speechless” off of Invincible, too. Absolutely beautiful song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-michael-jackson-song-is-your-current-earworm/502444.md?page=1)