Billie Jean
1982 · From Thriller
That bassline, mixed and remixed until it gleamed, and the four minutes that integrated MTV.
★ 9.8
The Songs canon
Sourced and sung.
Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
Browse all 2,393 songs or filter by genre, subject, artist, and year.
Let's Dance
1983 · From Let's Dance
Nile Rodgers on rhythm guitar, an unknown Stevie Ray Vaughan on lead, and Bowie's biggest-selling single by a distance.
★ 7.7
Let's Groove
1981
A vocoder hello, Philip Bailey's falsetto, and eight weeks at the top of the soul chart.
★ 6.4
Celebration
1980
Recorded in a New Jersey studio with Deodato producing, and adopted everywhere from ballparks to the hostages' homecoming.
★ 6.3
Everything She Wants
1984
Michael programmed the LinnDrum in an evening, wrote the vocal next morning, and turned marital dread into a groove.
★ 6.1
I'm So Excited
1982
Anita Pointer takes the lead, Richard Perry produced, and a 1984 reissue lifted a number thirty single to nine.
★ 5.2
Get Down On It
1981
Deodato's production strips it to bassline and handclaps, and J.T. Taylor asks the only question a dancefloor needs.
★ 4.9
Treasure
2013
Breakbot got a songwriting credit after the fact, and Mars turned late-seventies disco into a top-five American hit.
★ 4.9
Cool It Now
1984
A LinnDrum, five Boston teenagers, and a spoken bridge calling out Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike by name.
★ 4.4
Please Don't Go
1979
Casey and Finch's first ballad after a run of dance hits, and the first American number one of the 1980s.
★ 3.7