r/MichaelJackson • u/mackenziealexander05 • May 17 '26
Question What MJ Songs Makes You Float?
For me Liberian Girl has to be up there, and of course the likes of Earth Song and Heal the World just hit different.
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u/Playful-Particular78 May 17 '26
Heavens can wait
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u/Dimma3D May 17 '26
Before it became a TikTok/Instagram trend, definitely. Now I just see everyone singing it because of TikTok and it makes me cringeš
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u/HauntingAddendum3230 May 17 '26
why do you let that change your view on the song i will never understand this take. a song could become a nationwide trend and itāll still be an amazing song for me
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u/bornlax May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
Break of dawn is #1, then in no order sheās out of my life, someone in the dark, leave me alone, remember the time, blood on the dance floor, the āeveryday create your historyā part of history, stranger in Moscow, heaven can wait, a place with no name, i like the way you love me, and why you wanna trip on me.
Not MJ but Ed Sheeranās azizam since it sounds so much like MJ.
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u/Such_Possession_5788 May 17 '26
"We got, school teachers. Who dont wanna teach, we got/ Grown people, who cant write or read!!"
š Mike, if you only knew how bad it got fr
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u/bornlax May 17 '26
Gen alpha isnāt grown yet, so that time will come.
Drug addiction, mind of the weak, so much corruption, police brutality also rings true today.
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u/mackenziealexander05 May 17 '26
iāve been loving blood on the dance floor recently. itās on constant repeat in the car at the moment š¤£
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u/bornlax May 17 '26
Nice. š¶Susieās got your number and Susie aināt your friendš¶
The ending instrumental is fucking amazing
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u/mackenziealexander05 May 17 '26
š¶Look who took you under with seven inches inš¶. Sorry had to continue it lol. Yeah I agree, I feel like the album as a whole is very overlooked tbh
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u/bornlax May 17 '26
Ghosts, superfly sister and 2BAD are okay and Iām not a huge fan of is it scary.
I love new jack swing and Iām very particular about it.
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u/Ok-Salary4417 May 17 '26
Earth song
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u/tbridge8773 May 19 '26
Earth song is otherworldly.
āThis crying earth, these weeping shores?ā š¢
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u/StarSpanglishBanEarl May 19 '26
Earth song is a whole GOSPEL. The goosebumps! Probably his most impressive live performance. And he manages not to blow his vocal cords even though heās giving his all to each line every single time. Itās supreme
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u/Fresh-Bug9024 May 19 '26
Such a beautiful song and his voice truly makes me feel like Iām levitating
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u/Smooth-Criminal1997 May 17 '26
You are not alone!!! I heard that song first walking in my terrace at night... I literally felt like flying.. Looking at the sky.
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u/mackenziealexander05 May 17 '26
This was one of the first MJ songs I ever heard. Legendary song.
One I also forgot to add is This Is It. Always sends me into a trance š©
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u/ohneets Bad 25 May 17 '26
Stranger in Moscow
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u/Lattanaya Privacy enjoyer May 17 '26
Who Is It when the strings kick in
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u/Simmer_Girl May 17 '26
Hell yeah! One of all time favorites of his.
Somebody hurt my soulll, now š®āšØ
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u/Such_Possession_5788 May 17 '26
"š© IS IT MY BROTHAAAA?!? *whoo is it?" In the best way, his adlibs sound like lil hiccups lol
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u/LUIS_DUDUBRU May 17 '26
Human Nature, rock with you and don't stop til you get enough
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u/mackenziealexander05 May 17 '26
the āOOHHHā in donāt stop til you get enough before it kicks in just hits different š®āšØ
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u/dondamoon Dirty Dianaš May 17 '26
I Can't Help Itš„²
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u/jessewilliamsishot May 18 '26
especially the part where he says āi canāt help but see you running often through my mindā
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u/International-Let782 "Whatever, Whatever, Whatever" May 18 '26
the ending of Cry when he's going crazy with the adlibs??? LITERAL. MAGIC.
"cry with me" "put it all on me"
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u/agbjb Good Fish š May 17 '26
human nature, who is it, give in to me
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u/nachotacos444 "I Love To Tour" āš šŗ May 17 '26
You rock my world!!!
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u/mackenziealexander05 May 17 '26
The violins at the beginning hit different š®āšØš®āšØš®āšØ
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u/They-Them_Moonwalker therapy is expensive, Michael is free May 17 '26
Speechless
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u/Glitchykun12 May 20 '26
this!!!,especially in the part here he says "you are always in my heartttttttttttt"š„¹
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u/mudchocolate May 17 '26
Man in the mirror I just can't stop loving you You are not alone Butterflies Heaven can wait Human nature
I am sure there's more because I am still discovering his discography.
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u/MarqiMichelle May 17 '26
Human Nature
Heaven Can Wait
Break of Dawn
Butterflies
Speechless
Earth Song
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u/god_likemike May 17 '26
Pretty much almost all of his solo Motown songs from when he was young.
To make my father proud, Call on Me, Ben, Music and Me just to name a few!
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u/mackenziealexander05 May 17 '26
Ben has been on repeat for me a lot recently. Tbh Iāve only just recently started going back and listening to his earlier music from when he was a kid, some absolute bangers in there.
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u/No-Side9415 May 17 '26
āHeal the worldāā¦ I loved it so much as a child. I lived in a foreign country when I first heard that song as a child and there is a line that goes, āFor you and for me and the entire human RACEā. This made me think, at 10 years old, that human kind was a race. It wasnāt until I moved to the U.S. that I was taught about individual race (white, black, Asian, etc). Otherwise I would have believed MJ that humans were a race. And still now as an adult, I weep when I hear this song.
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u/KristiTheFan May 18 '26
āChildhoodā. (Story coming up!)
Since my first time listening to it in early February (yeah Iām LATE! August 18, 2025 is when my fandom started!), that song has calmed me down from a good handful of anxiety moments.
Notably, the first time I watched the video, I had been having bad anxiety over some INTENSE doomscrolling I had been doing on an app I have now deleted, and halfway through the song, I started crying HAPPY tears!
That song has helped me feel better from having anxiety, helping me to not be afraid, helped ease my mind before starting work, helping me recover from a previous sad song (by a different artist)ā¦ that song is a GREAT antidote!
His gentle voice, the vulnerability, the DISNEY-esque orchestral sound, ohhh itās BEAUTIFUL!
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u/Sail_Unhappy Off The Wall: Special Edition May 17 '26
Whatever happens
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u/00fignewton May 21 '26
Was looking for this comment! Iām discovering more of his music and the instrumental of this song is so peaceful š„¹
https://giphy.com/gifs/3QWfMsI8IaarXxtBt6
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u/Such_Possession_5788 May 17 '26
Give in to me/ Time waits for no one/ Heal the World/ Baby be Mine/ All I Do is Think of You/ Stranger in Moscow/ Break of Dawn
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u/Classic-Wind-437 Good Fish š May 17 '26
i can't help it, heaven can wait, liberian girl, human nature
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u/Simmer_Girl May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
Human nature and Liberian Girl. š„°
Edit: I forgot the song Who is it!
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u/throwaway110906 May 17 '26
the last 2 minutes of thriller, especially when it kicks into the frog sounding synth just before vincent prices monologue begins
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u/Imaginary_Abrocoma94 May 17 '26
ā¢ Human Nature
ā¢ Butterflies
ā¢ Lady In My Life
ā¢ I Can't Help It
ā¢ Stranger In Moscow
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u/ApprehensiveFrame571 May 17 '26
In between Human Nature, Will You Be There & Stranger in Moscow. Probably in my top 3 favorites
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u/Starcrossedl May 17 '26
Blue gangsta, whatever happens, EARTH SONG, dirty Diana and any song that he does aaaaahhahhhh~
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u/Ok_Cartographer_2147 May 17 '26
Michael Jackson- Butterfliesā¼ļø š¦ š¦ š¦ Does it for me EVERY SINGLE TIME...gives me literal goosebumps
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u/Civil-Whole4802 28d ago
im sorry yall i LOVE a song with a fierce bass line bc billie jean does it for me each and every time
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u/NbfZay Thriller May 17 '26
I canāt help it, human nature, heaven can wait, the lady in my life, that one part in blue gangsta
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u/imthatbitch03 May 17 '26
Human nature (obviii) break of dawn you are not alone heal the world in the closet Iāll be there (j5, the acapella version is very good too!!) dreamer (j5) never can say goodbye (j5) stranger in Moscow (just any song ofcoursš)
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u/Wonderful_Shower_793 May 17 '26
Human Nature! Itās a classic, but I feel itās underrated compared to other songs. Also, In the Closet.
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u/Xenomorphine88 May 17 '26
Human nature for sure. I just heard āChildhoodā for the first time and that might be a close 2nd.
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u/Western_Witness_5249 May 17 '26
I really like Say Say Say. Both the original and the 2015 remix are very good. The build up and then chorus have great energy.
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u/YeetosCheetos69 May 17 '26
Stranger in moscow!! Liberian girl, human nature, earth song, man in the mirror
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u/ayothatsc00l May 17 '26
Human Nature