Michael Jackson recorded some of the most iconic songs in pop history across four decades — and the debate over his greatest is one that divides fans around the world. Thriller is the title track of the best-selling album in history and introduced the concept of the music video as cinematic art form. Billie Jean is arguably his most perfect song — a paranoid, funky masterpiece with a bassline so recognisable it is immediately identifiable from a single note. Beat It fused rock and pop in a way nobody had attempted before and featured one of the greatest guitar solos in pop history. Man in the Mirror is his most emotionally powerful ballad and his most explicitly political song. Black or White was his statement on race that topped charts in 25 countries simultaneously. Which MJ song is truly his greatest?
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