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Michael Jackson – Give In to Me
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Give In To Me is the 10th track on Dangerous, Michael Jackson’s 8th album. In an album that heavily features the New Jack Swing style, this rock ballad once again shows Michael’s
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Michael Jackson – Fall Again
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“Fall Again” is a song written by Walter Afanasieff and Robin Thicke. Michael Jackson recorded a demo of this song in 1999 for his album Invincible. It was never completed, but it
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Michael Jackson – Leave Me Alone
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“Leave Me Alone” was a Michael Jackson song made in response to multiple false and negative rumors that appeared in the media and tabloids about him, occuring more frequently
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Frank Ocean – Pink + White
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Produced by Pharrell Williams and featuring uncredited backing vocals from Beyoncé, “Pink + White” details Frank’s memories of his youth and someone close to him who passed away
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Drake – When To Say When
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On December 25, 2019, Drake revealed the track’s title during his Rap Radar interview and discussed the tone of the track:
The ones that we connect on most are the ones where I’m
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Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
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One of Michael Jackson’s signature songs, “Billie Jean” tells the tale of a young girl who claims to be the mother of Jackson’s alleged son. The song was the second single from his
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Michael Jackson – Heaven Can Wait
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“Heaven Can Wait” is the fifth track from the album Invincible by Michael Jackson.
Co-written and produced by Teddy Riley, the song was originally intended for his group
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Michael Jackson – You Rock My World
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“You Rock My World” is the lead single from Jackson’s final studio album released in his lifetime,
Invincible.
Produced by Rodney Jerkins and Michael Jackson, this song has a laid
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Michael Jackson – Give In to Me Samples
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See all of “Give In to Me” by Michael Jackson’s samples
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Yasiin Bey – Mathematics
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Rap – like physics – is fundamentally a mathematical discipline
Yasiin’s masterful jaunt into numerology rests mainly on analysis of sociological statistics
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Alicia Keys – Fallin'
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“Fallin” is the successful lead single from Alicia Keys' debut studio album Songs in A Minor. The single gained worldwide success, earning Key’s three Grammy Awards out of 4
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Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
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“PYT” is the sixth consecutive top 10 single from Jackson’s blockbuster album Thriller. It also found varying levels of success overseas.
Producer Quincy Jones heard Jackson’s
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Michael Jackson (Ft. Andraé Crouch & Sandra Crouch) – Keep the Faith
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“Keep The Faith” is the twelfth track on Michael Jackson’s 1991 LP Dangerous.
It’s an inspirational song about following one’s dreams and finding that the power to do so comes
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Michael Jackson – What A Lovely Way To Go
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“What A Lovely Way To Go” is a song Michael Jackson wrote in the late 1970s. It was first recorded around that time with the title “What A Lonely Way To Go” (as mentioned in his
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Michael Jackson – Chicago
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Originally titled “She Was Lovin' Me” and recorded in 1999 for Jackson’s tenth album, Invincible, but was later scrapped. Shortly after Jackson’s death, the track was heavily
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Drake – Toosie Slide
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“Toosie Slide” marks Drake’s first foray into dance records as he raps the instructions to the titular dance. He also boasts about his dancing skills and compares them to the
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Michael Jackson (Ft. Princess Stephanie of Monaco) – In the Closet
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“In The Closet” is a love song from Michael’s 8th solo album, Dangerous. It’s about a woman who Michael loves, but, due to the problems in his life, can’t exactly publicly exhibit
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Rockwell (Ft. Jermaine Jackson & Michael Jackson) – Somebody's Watching Me
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“Somebody’s Watching Me” is Rockwell’s biggest hit. Released on January 14, 1984, it peaked at #2 on the Billboard 100, and was certified gold in the US. It also reached the top 10
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Rihanna (Ft. Chris Brown) – Nobody's Business
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This song is rumored to be about Rihanna still in love with Chris Brown and for him as well. They obviously still want each other but that’s what fame comes with (you having to
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The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
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“I Want You Back” is the Jackson 5’s 1969 debut single for Motown, and it became the first of four consecutive #1 hits (“ABC”, “The Love You Save”, and “I’ll Be There”.)
In grand
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Michael Jackson – Dangerous
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“Dangerous” is the titular closing track to Jackson’s 1991 album. Despite its upbeat tempo and addictive rhythm, it was not released as a single.
The song has similar themes to
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Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel
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Another massive hit from Bad, this track got to number one in the US.
In various songs in the album, Michael boasts about his confidence but in “The Way You Make Me Feel” he lets
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Michael Jackson – They Don't Care About Us
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The fourth single off Jackson’s album HIStory, this is one of Michael’s most controversial songs of all time and was accused of being anti-Semitic. The song is a plea against
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Michael Jackson – Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
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In 1978, Michael Jackson starred as the scarecrow in The Wiz. After filming, MIchael contacted the films musical directer to discuss a possible solo album. After reviewing hundreds
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Kanye West – Hey Mama
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This song is a ballad dedicated to Kanye West’s mom Donda West and was written in 2000. It later appeared in its final version on Kanye’s 2005 album Late Registration.
West
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Michael Jackson – Streetwalker
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“Streetwalker” was cut from the final track listing on Bad and replaced with “Another Part Of Me”.
Jackson sings about a fictional infatuation he has with a prostitute, about how
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Kendrick Lamar – Mortal Man
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Inspired in part by a 2014 trip to South Africa, “Mortal Man” name-checks leaders from Nelson Mandela, to Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and Moses.
At the back-end of the song
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Michael Jackson – Give In to Me Samples
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See all of “Give In to Me” by Michael Jackson’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Michael Jackson – Beat It
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Released as the third single from Thriller, “Beat It"—along with the second single "Billie Jean"—helped propel the album to the top of the charts and into the record books as the
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Michael Jackson – She’s Out of My Life
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This song was written by Tom Bahler, a songwriter who was also one of the background singers in the Partridge Family recordings!
The song was released on Michael’s Off the Wall
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Michael Jackson (Ft. Marsha Ambrosius) – Butterflies
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“Butterflies” was released as the third single from Jacksons' album Invincible. The song was written by Marsha Ambrosius and Andre Harris.
Although it charted well on the
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Drake (Ft. J. Cole) – First Person Shooter
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[Part I] / [Intro: J. Cole & Adonis] / (Pew, pew-pew) / First-person shooter mode, we turnin' your song to a funeral / To them niggas that say they wan' off us, you better be
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cl4pers – Want Me
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“Want Me” is the debut single from the up-and-coming 13-year-old rapper, cl4pers. The song was released on his SoundCloud on July 30, 2021.
The song blew up on TikTok and made the
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Michael Jackson – Bad
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The second single and the title track from his 7th solo album Bad. It is the first to have a video that shows his more aggressive, edgier style of dance and song – not to mention
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Action Bronson, Big K.R.I.T., Danny Brown, Joey Bada$$, Kendrick Lamar & Yelawolf) – 1Train
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Featuring a slew of upcoming popular MCs over a beat crafted by Hit-Boy—the producer behind “Niggas in Paris”—"1Train" was the most anticipated track for many prior to the release
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Michael Jackson – We Are the World (Original Solo Demo)
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[Verse 1] / There is a time when we should hear the certain calls / 'Cause the world it seems it's right in this line / 'Cause there's a chance for taking in needing our own lives
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Michael Jackson – Dirty Diana
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“Dirty Diana” is the 5th single (and 5th #1 song) from Michael’s 1987 album Bad, which sees him tackle the issue of groupies in a more aggressive, palpable way than he did on “
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Michael Jackson (Ft. Heavy D) – Jam
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The fourth single from Michael’s 8th solo album Dangerous, “Jam” calls upon society at large to come together to build a world of cooperation, love and positivity. The song
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Michael Jackson – Human Nature
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Human Nature, which peaked at No. 7 on the Hot 100, is one of Jackson’s best ballads, and one of the few songs to capture the wide-eyed, childlike wonder that is part and parcel of
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The Weeknd (Ft. Daft Punk) – I Feel It Coming
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Inspired by house-and ‘80s pop, “I Feel It Coming” is about wanting more from a relationship. The song differs from The Weeknd’s usual attitudes towards love, which revolve around
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Michael Jackson (Ft. Aqil Davidson) – She Drives Me Wild
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Teddy Riley said in an interview that many of the songs on Michael’s Dangerous album. This particular song was inspired by the actress Salli Richardson who Teddy was in the company
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JAY-Z – Girls, Girls, Girls (Part 2)
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A hidden track off the classic Blueprint album, featuring production by Kanye. It samples “Trying Girls Out” by The Persuaders and also features vocals from Michael Jackson and
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Michael Jackson – Man in the Mirror
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“Man in the Mirror” is the fourth single from Michael Jackson’s album, Bad. It is one of Jackson’s most critically acclaimed songs and it was nominated for Record of the Year at
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Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal
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“Smooth Criminal” was an idea Michael had in 1984. Originally, it was to be a Western Musical, with Michael being a gunslinger.
When he didn’t like the original sketching of the
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