Billie Jean (track)
by Michael Jackson
Billie Jean appears on the following album(s) by Michael Jackson:
- Thriller (track #6) (this album) (1982)
- HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I (track #1) (1995)
- The Ultimate Collection (track #24) (compilation) (2004)
- The Essential Michael Jackson (track #15) (compilation) (2005)
- Number Ones (track #3) (compilation) (2003)
- This Is It (track #12) (compilation) (2009)
- Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume 1 (track #1) (compilation) (2001)
- King Of Pop (track #1) (compilation) (2008)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/11/2025 20:23 |  katerpillar | 2,020 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 17:56 | willtoshower | 401 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 11:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 43,719 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2025 17:01 | gmessian | 1,400 | 55/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2025 15:45 |  elephantmatter | 418 | 90/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.6/100, a mean average of 90.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.7.
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AAL2014 07/12/2022 20:37 | #287334
Some of pop music’s most excellent writing, arranging, and performing.
Another way to tell what a tremendous song this is is how well it works in other artist’s interpretations of it.
Squonk007 07/02/2021 13:44 | #271252
Fantastic groove and beat.
The greatest pop song of all time
Goliath 10/27/2020 09:58 | #259824
The fourth most iconic song ever (according to research, see my chart of most iconic songs).
VictorVale 12/14/2018 16:17 | #227068
Existe a realidade de subúrbio por trás do brilho da música. Perfeita.
His best
Tamthebam 02/20/2017 22:48 | #186034
The best Michael Jackson song along with Black & White this song will be played 50 years from now as an example of an artist at his peak.
tgarritsen 12/03/2016 23:00 | #179533
Perfectly written
Is all about that drums-bass groove. You can build literally anything on top of that and it will work.
Superb.
My second favourite Michael Jackson song, behind "Beat It".
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