Michael references in songs [MERGED]

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There are so many songs that mention Michael in the lyrics... Maybe we can make a list :D They're not easy to find like samples\covers

Everything goes - Michael, Michael Jackson, MJ, King of Pop, reference to his songs lyrics... Whatever you find...

I'll start

Keri Hilson - Knock You Down ft. Kanye West, Ne-Yo

Kanye's part:

"This is bad, real bad, Michael Jackson
Now I'm mad, real mad, Joe Jackson"


Released: April 2009

MKTO - Classic
(They mention others too... but he's first :D)

"I wanna thrill you like Michael
I wanna kiss you like Prince
Let’s get it on like Marvin Gaye
Like Hathaway
Write a song for you like this
"

Released: June 2013

Ne-Yo ft. Jay Z - Crazy

"And Ne-yo is like young Michael, I'm Quincy hoe
Now hear the flow that broke the Da Vinci cod"


(no... )

Released: May 2007

Lil Wayne Ft. Bruno Mars - Mirror

Lil Wayne:

"I see the change, I see the message
And no message could've been any clearer
So I'm startin' with the man in the...

[Bruno: Mirror on the wall...]

MJ taught me that.
"

Released: September 2011

Karen O - King

"The King of Pop is dead and gone away
No one'll ever take his place
He's in his castle in the sky
Watching over you and I

And with his single sparkling glove
He blows us kisses, show us love
Is he walking on the moon?
I hope I don't find out too soon"


Released: September 2014

Missy Elliott - Ching-A-Ling

"Artists drop down like Michael Jackson socks"

Released: January 2008 (Step Up 2)

Beyoncé - Flawless (Remix) ft. Nicki Minaj

I was a bit taken aback by this one when I first saw the video, they're both fans :mello: not sure what to think about it

Nicki's part

"Yo, like MJ doctor, they killing me
Propofol, I know they hope I fall"

Released: October 2014


I'll add more later...
 
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Kanye West mentions Michael in;
Slow Jamz
All of the Lights
Gold Digger
I Am A God
Chain Heavy
Through The Wire
Hey Mama
American Boy
 
Re: Michael references in songs

James Blunt - Stay The Night

"We've been singing Billie Jean
Mixing vodka with caffeine"


 
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Kanye West mentions Michael in;
Slow Jamz
All of the Lights
Gold Digger
I Am A God
Chain Heavy
Through The Wire
Hey Mama
American Boy

Kanye got so many... I didn't know about Chain Heavy and I Am A God... I haven't listened to his latest album yet. Was Chain Heavy included in any of his albums?
 
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DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - Ring My Bell

''Your heart to mine in a conversation
So when things get to much to bare like The Jackson 5 I'll be there"
 
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Usher - U-Turn

In the 80s, fresh was the talk
MJ had everybody doing the moonwalk
 
Re: Michael references in songs

Does it count?


Oh, and.... :boohoo

 
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Da Youngstas an old rap group from the 90s had mention Michael in 2 of their songs. If I remember correctly. I haven't listen to them in over 20 years. But I do clearly remember hearing Michael's name in 2 of their songs.
 
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Justin Timberlake, Timbaland & Three 6 Mafia - Chop Me Up
"Like Michael Jackson, why you do me this way?"

Usher & Nicki Minaj - She Came to Give it to You
"Slicker than MJ, early curl"
 
Kanye West's lyrics

Estelle - American Boy [Feat. Kanye West]
(2008)

"And I'm feeling like Mike at his Baddest.
"

Kanye West Feat. Rihanna - All of The Lights (2010)

"Something wrong
I hold my head
MJ gone, our nigga dead!
"

Kanye West Feat. Twista & Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz (2004)

"She got a light skinned friend look like Michael Jackson
Got a dark skinned friend look like Michael Jackson"

Kanye West Feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
(2004)

"She walking around looking like Michael with your money"


Kanye West - Through the Wire
(2004)

"They thought I was burnt up like Pepsi did Michael.
"

Kanye West - Hey Mama
(2005)

Michael Jackson leather and a glove, but didn't give me a curl


Kanye West - I Am God (2013)

"The only rapper compared to Michael."

Kanye West feat. Talib Kweli & Consequence - Chain Heavy


"Don't give up now just a little more persistence,
I am the day Ice Cube met Michael Jackson"


Jay Z:

Kanye West & Jay-Z - Niggas in Paris
(2011)

"It’s only right that we be fair
Psycho, I’m liable to go Michael
Take your pick, Jackson, Tyson, Jordan, Game 6
"

Jay-Z Feat. Justin Timberlake - Holy Grail
(2013)

"You're still alive Still that nigga
Nigga you survived You still getting bigger nigga
Living the life Vanilla wafers In a villa
Illest nigga alive
Michael Jackson's Thriller
."


MJsBollywoodGirl7;4060149 said:
Da Youngstas an old rap group from the 90s had mention Michael in 2 of their songs. If I remember correctly. I haven't listen to them in over 20 years. But I do clearly remember hearing Michael's name in 2 of their songs.

Nice! Found one:

Da Youngstas - Who's The Mic Wrecka (1993)

"I keep the crowd hype just like a Michael Jackson concert"


Couldn't find the second one... but I found that they sampled "I Wanna Be Where You Are" in a song called "Stayed Away".
 
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Do this tribute song count? The impersonator looks awful but the song makes me cry evey time, it's beautiful and moving! :cry:

Mr. Magic by Jadagrace


Mr. Magic gone to soon
I know your dancing on the Moon
Tinkerbell and Fairy Tales
Peter Pan and Never Land
Your in your castle in the sky

It took one look for me to see
To see the boy behind the mystery
Your magic had inspired me
To be the best that I can be

Your so incredible
So unforgettable
The brightest star in the sky

Mr. Magic gone to soon
(Mr. Magic gone to soon)
I know your dancing on the Moon
( I know your dancin', I see you dancin')
Tinkerbell and Fairy Tales
Peter Pan and Never Land
Your in your castle in the sky

You stood for everything that's good and true
I wish the world would learn to love like you
You knew what wonders love could bring
And it all starts when you believe

Your so incredible
So unforgettable
The brightest star in the sky

Mr. Magic gone to soon
(Mr. Magic gone to soon)
I know your dancing on the Moon
( I know your dancin', I see you dancin')
Tinkerbell and Fairy Tales
Peter Pan and Never Land
Your in your castle in the sky

I feel you here by my side lifting me higher
(higher)
And when I close my eyes
Your dancing next to me

Ohhh, Mr. Magic gone to soon
(Mr. Magic gone to soon)
I know your dancing on the Moon
( I know your dancin', I see you dancin')
Tinkerbell and Fairy Tales
Peter Pan and Never Land
Mr. Magic....Gone to soon.

 
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Kanye got so many... I didn't know about Chain Heavy and I Am A God... I haven't listened to his latest album yet. Was Chain Heavy included in any of his albums?

I Am A God was on the best album of 2013, Yeezus. Chain Heavy was released as part of the G.O.O.D Friday series, before My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy came out so it is not featured on his albums.
 
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Playboy Mansion by U2
Bono: "If coke is a mystery
Michael Jackson, HIStory..."
 
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The Winner by Coolio has a reference to Michael:

If Albert was an Einstein
and Phillis was a Diller
and Michael Jackson was a thriller
then you could be a winner
 
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Ye also mentions Michael (sort of) on Lost In The World, he does the "mamma say mama saw" thing from Wanna Be.

Jay Z also in Magna Carta 'Illest nigga alive, Michael Jackson Thriller'.

There's a few references on the Watch The Throne album. I know one of them was something like "RIP to the leader of the Jackson 5'.
 
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^ "Michael Jackson's Thriller" is in Holy Grail

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (2013)

"Yup. Bad, moonwalking
This here, is our party."


Will.I.Am - It's Okay
(2003)

"Now that'll get me over the wall like Michael Jackson"


The Fugees - Ready Or Not (Salaam`s Remix)
(1996)

"I change faces like Michael Jackson's Thriller"
 
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Pearl Jam - Rats

Ben, the two of us need look no more
Ben, the two of us need look no more
Ben, the two of us need look no more
Ben, the two of us need look no more
Ben, the two of us need look no more
Ben, the two of us need look no more


Prince - Life 'O' The Party

But it ain't nothin' if it ain't fun
My voice is gettin' higher
And I ain't never had my nose done
That's the other guy


David Bowie - Shopping for Girls

A small black someone jumps over the crazy white guard
Cranking up the volume
Of a Michael Jackson song

 
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Prince - Life 'O' The Party

But it ain't nothin' if it ain't fun
My voice is gettin' higher
And I ain't never had my nose done
That's the other guy


David Bowie - Shopping for Girls

A small black someone jumps over the crazy white guard
Cranking up the volume
Of a Michael Jackson song

When did Prince write this song? I always thought he supposedly rose above their "artistic rivalry."
 
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Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie
" you're my killer my thriller, yeah you're a classic "

Krayzie Bone (from bone thugs and harmony) - Drama
"I'm off in this b**ch like Michael Jackson wishing they would leave me alone"
 
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Oh, and.... :boohoo

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Kanye's new single will have a MJ reference.

"Red leather jacket with the MJ zippers" - All Day
 
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (2013)

"Yup. Bad, moonwalking
This here, is our party."



Macklemore seems a big mj fan.
Macklemore - And we danced

'I will moonwalk to pluto
in honour of michael jackson
in heaven he'll be saying
that man is tight at dancing.
Rip to the king, michael jackson
We learned it all from you.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpaXRLxTFM
 
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Just thought of another one. This one is from the song JET!!! by J-Pop group Dreams Come True.

(starts at the 4:13 mark)

jikoshin neraesou
MU-NWO-KU sae dekisou
(I may set a new personal best
I think I could even do the moonwalk)
 
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Sade - Skin

Sure as it's gonna play and play
Like Michael back in the day

 
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"D.A.N.C.E."

Do the D-A-N-C-E
1, 2, 3, 4, fight
Stick to the B-E-A-T
Get ready to ignite
You were such a P-Y-T
Catching all the lights
Just easy as A-B-C
That's how you make it right

Do the D-A-N-C-E
1, 2, 3, 4, fight
Stick to the B-E-A-T
Get ready to ignite
You were such a P-Y-T
Catching all the lights
Just easy as A-B-C
That's how you make it right

Do the D-A-N-C-E
Stick to the B-E-A-T
Just easy as A-B-C
Do the dance, do the dance

The way you move is a mystery
Do the dance
You're always there for music and me
Do the dance
The way you move is a mystery
Do the dance
You're always there for music and me

Do the D-A-N-C-E
1, 2, 3, 4, fight
Stick to the B-E-A-T
Get ready to ignite
You were such a P-Y-T
Catching all the lights
Just easy as A-B-C
That's how you make it right

Do the dance (Do the dance)
The way you move is a mystery
Do the dance (Do the dance)
You're always there for music and me
Do the dance (Do the dance)
The way you move is a mystery
Do the dance (Do the dance)
You're always there for music and me

Do the D-A-N-C-E (Do the dance, do the dance)
Stick to the B-E-A-T (Do the dance, do the dance)
You were such a P-Y-T (Do the dance, do the dance)
Just easy as A-B-C (Do the dance, do the dance)

Under the spotlights
Neither black nor white
It doesn't matter
Do the dance, do the dance

As strong as you might
Working day and night
Whatever happens
Do the dance, do the dance

Under the spotlights
Neither black nor white
It doesn't matter
Do the dance, do the dance

As strong as you might
Working day and night
Whatever happens
Do the dance, do the dance

The way you move is a mystery
Do the dance
You're always there for music and me

The way you move is a mystery

By Justice (2007)

 
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