After the 2005 trial, Sony polled 700,000 people around the world on their favourite songs. Michael had 18% of the list by himself.

[IhateTheMedia]

There was 66 countries participating, including China. Voters had to manually write in their answers and were limited to three songs. 18 of the top 100 were solely Michael Jackson songs.

In the United Kingdom, Michael Jackson had 8 of their top 10
1 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
2 Thriller - Michael Jackson
3 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
4 Beat It - Michael Jackson
5 Angels - Robbie Williams
6 Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
7 We`ve Had Enough - Michael Jackson
8 Black or White - Michael Jackson
9 You Rock My World - Michael Jackson
10 Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N` Roses

Here was the rankings for all of his songs
3 Billie Jean- Michael Jackson - Thriller
19 Thriller- Michael Jackson - Thriller
24 Beat It- Michael Jackson - Thriller
41 We've Had Enough - Michael Jackson - Invincible
50 Smooth Criminal- Michael Jackson - Bad
58 You Rock My World- Michael Jackson - Invincible
61 They Don't Care About Us (Single Version)- Michael Jackson - History
68 Will You Be There- Michael Jackson - Dangerous
75 Who Is It- Michael Jackson - Dangerous
77 Earth Song- Michael Jackson - History
78 Black Or White- Michael Jackson - Dangerous
80 Bad- Michael Jackson - Bad
81 Dirty Diana- Michael Jackson - Bad
85 The Way You Make Me Feel- Michael Jackson - Bad
86 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough- Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
88 You Are Not Alone- Michael Jackson - History
89 Man In The Mirror- Michael Jackson - Bad
91 Heal the World- Michael Jackson - Dangerous

The songs more popular than Billie Jean at the time were Queen's We are the Champions, and Toxic by Britney Spears.

Behind MJ, the only artist with more than 3 songs make the list was Dire Straits surprisingly
10 Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits
23 Tunnel Of Love- Dire Straits
29 Telegraph Road- Dire Straits
71 Money For Nothing- Dire Straits

 

[IhateTheMedia]

Full results can be found here

We Are The Champions voted best song of all-time

http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=9245&pt=eWEDNESDAY 28/09/2005 15:36:00 Queen song voted world's favouriteWe Are The Champions by Queen has been voted the world's favourite song. The 1977 classic, a favourite on the football terraces, topped a global survey of 700,000 music fans in...

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Apparently some foul play was involved as well

I'd like to add that they stuffed around with the results a lot before the published the list. Because, before the poll closed, Billie Jean was #1 and We Are The Champions was #120 (or there about).

 

[Richard76]

9 You Rock My World - Michael Jackson

Yes) Good to know, that people considered YRMW as one of the best MJ songs) 9th place is pretty good for this song

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

Yes) Good to know, that people considered YRMW as one of the best MJ songs) 9th place is pretty good for this song

58 You Rock My World- Michael Jackson - Invincible

 

[Agonum]

There was 66 countries participating, including China. Voters had to manually write in their answers and were limited to three songs. 18 of the top 100 were solely Michael Jackson songs.

In the United Kingdom, Michael Jackson had 8 of their top 10
1 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
2 Thriller - Michael Jackson
3 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
4 Beat It - Michael Jackson
5 Angels - Robbie Williams
6 Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
7 We`ve Had Enough - Michael Jackson
8 Black or White - Michael Jackson
9 You Rock My World - Michael Jackson
10 Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N` Roses

Here was the rankings for all of his songs
3 Billie Jean- Michael Jackson - Thriller
19 Thriller- Michael Jackson - Thriller
24 Beat It- Michael Jackson - Thriller
41 We've Had Enough - Michael Jackson - Invincible
50 Smooth Criminal- Michael Jackson - Bad
58 You Rock My World- Michael Jackson - Invincible
61 They Don't Care About Us (Single Version)- Michael Jackson - History
68 Will You Be There- Michael Jackson - Dangerous
75 Who Is It- Michael Jackson - Dangerous
77 Earth Song- Michael Jackson - History
78 Black Or White- Michael Jackson - Dangerous
80 Bad- Michael Jackson - Bad
81 Dirty Diana- Michael Jackson - Bad
85 The Way You Make Me Feel- Michael Jackson - Bad
86 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough- Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
88 You Are Not Alone- Michael Jackson - History
89 Man In The Mirror- Michael Jackson - Bad
91 Heal the World- Michael Jackson - Dangerous

The songs more popular than Billie Jean at the time were Queen's We are the Champions, and Toxic by Britney Spears.

Behind MJ, the only artist with more than 3 songs make the list was Dire Straits surprisingly
10 Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits
23 Tunnel Of Love- Dire Straits
29 Telegraph Road- Dire Straits
71 Money For Nothing- Dire Straits

Somewhat puzzling to see We’ve Had Enough so high. It doesn’t really make sense, does it? I mean, it definitely deserves it, but you will have to remember that it has only ever been released on a relatively obscure limited edition box set.

I also find it odd — especially if, as you say, the voters had to manually enter the title of the songs — that it specifically is "(Single Version)" that is listed for They Don’t Care About Us. How do you explain that?

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

Somewhat puzzling to see We’ve Had Enough so high. It doesn’t really make sense, does it? I mean, it definitely deserves it, but you will have to remember that it has only ever been released on a relatively obscure limited edition box set.

I also find it odd — especially if, as you say, the voters had to manually enter the title of the songs — that it specifically is "(Single Version)" that is listed for They Don’t Care About Us. How do you explain that?

It's the censored version of the song. And sure, it's "puzzling".

 

[DanGerouS-]

two Invincible tracks outshining some other classics.
that confirms that Invincible was on the same level or even better than his other albums.

 

[Richard76]

two Invincible tracks outshining some other classics.
that confirms that Invincible was on the same level or even better than his other albums.

I don't know what to say, so I'll just say, that you are awesome, outstanding

 

[Richard76]

9 You Rock My World - Michael Jackson @Mister_Jay_Tee

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

It's not 9th place.

 

[Blues_Away2023]

two Invincible tracks outshining some other classics.
that confirms that Invincible was on the same level or even better than his other albums.

Rubbish

It's a list that includes we've had enough, that alone should tell you there's been some campaign among the MJ community to vote as much as possible..

The fact that it was around 2005 - we've had enough is very appropriate considering the trial that was going on at the time.

 

[Richard76]

It's not 9th place.

9 You Rock My World - Michael Jackson

 

[Richard76]

Pov:
You are Mister Jay Tee and finally realised, that you made a mistake about Invincible

 

[Richard76]

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

It was only 9 in the UK, not globally

 

[Richard76]

It was only 9 in the UK, not globally

Yes, it was. Finally

 

[@mjfanatic777]

I think it's (kinda) impressive that Michael had his songs on this list. It was polled in 2005 when the trials were taking place. And there were (and are) lots of people who didn't like MJ because of the allegations. This just proves how legendary Michael is. (also how amazing his music is))

 

[IhateTheMedia]

Pov:
You are Mister Jay Tee and finally realised, that you made a mistake about Invincible

Invincible is legitmately catchy, people need to eat crow and accept that it's good