| # | Title | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Billie Jean- recording engineer and mixer:
- Bruce Swedien
- synthesizer programming:
- Bill Wolfer
- co-producer:
- Michael Jackson
- producer:
- Quincy Jones
- bass guitar:
- Louis Johnson
- drums (drum set):
- Leon Ndugu Chancler
- guitar:
- David Williams
- Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
- Greg Phillinganes
- synthesizer:
- Bill Wolfer
- lead vocals:
- Michael Jackson
- conductor:
- Jeremy Lubbock
- percussion and synthesizer arranger and synthesizer arranger:
- Michael Jackson
- strings arranger:
- Jerry Hey
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- MJJ Productions Inc. (in 1982)
- recorded at:
- Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1982)
- edit of:
- Billie Jean (long version) by Michael Jackson
- music videos:
- Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
- part of:
- VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 4), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 7), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-23 (number: 15), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-16 (number: 17), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-06-20 (number: 18), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-06-06 (number: 19), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-06-13 (number: 19), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-30 (number: 32), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-09 (number: 38), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 44), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 58) and Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 95)
- recording of:
- Billie Jean
- lyricist and composer:
- Michael Jackson
- publisher:
- Mijac Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited
- sub-publisher:
- Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
- part of:
- MJ: The Musical
| 4.1 | 4:54 |
| 2 | Beat It- recording engineer:
- Donn Landee and Bruce Swedien
- synthesizer programming:
- Steve Porcaro
- co-producer:
- Michael Jackson
- producer:
- Quincy Jones
- mixer:
- Bruce Swedien
- drums (drum set):
- Jeff Porcaro
- electric bass guitar and electric guitar:
- Steve Lukather
- guitar:
- Paul Jackson, Jr.
- keyboard:
- Bill Wolfer
- percussion [drum case beater], background vocals and lead vocals:
- Michael Jackson
- Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
- Greg Phillinganes
- solo electric guitar:
- Edward Van Halen
- synclavier:
- Tom Bahler
- synthesizer:
- Steve Porcaro
- synthesizer [Synergy synthesizer]:
- Greg Smith
- vibraslap:
- Chris Shepard
- percussion arranger:
- Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones
- arranger:
- Rod Temperton
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- MJJ Productions Inc. (in 1982)
- recorded at:
- Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1982)
- samples:
- Untitled by Denny Jaeger
- music videos:
- Beat It by Michael Jackson
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (number: 12), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (number: 18), VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (number: 21), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-23 (number: 29), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-16 (number: 32), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-05-30 (number: 47), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 185), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 209) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 337)
- recording of:
- Beat It
- lyricist and composer:
- Michael Jackson
- publisher:
- Mijac Music and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
- part of:
- MJ: The Musical
| 4.35 | 4:18 |
| 3 | Thriller | 4.2 | 5:14 |
| 4 | Smooth Criminal | 4.4 | 4:19 |
| 5 | Bad | 4.25 | 4:10 |
| 6 | Dirty Diana | 3.85 | 4:43 |
| 7 | Black or White | 3.6 | 4:18 |
| 8 | Man in the Mirror | 3.95 | 5:21 |
| 9 | Earth Song | 3.1 | 5:04 |
| 10 | Heal the World | 3.5 | 4:35 |
| 11 | They Don’t Care About Us | 5 | 4:14 |
| 12 | Who Is It | 5 | 4:02 |
| 13 | Speechless- recording engineer:
- Stuart Brawley, Brad Buxer and Bruce Swedien
- miscellaneous support:
- Novi Novoq (task: contractor)
- producer:
- Michael Jackson
- mixer:
- Bruce Swedien
- editor:
- Stuart Brawley and Brad Buxer
- keyboard [keyboards]:
- Brad Buxer
- viola:
- Novi Novoq and Thomas Tally
- violin:
- Kirstin Fife, Peter Kent , Gina Kronstadt, Robin Lorentz and John Wittenberg
- lead vocals:
- Michael Jackson
- conductor:
- Michael Jackson and Jeremy Lubbock
- performer:
- Alfie Silas Durio, The Andraé Crouch Singers, Gloria Augustus, Tim Brown , Andraé Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Valerie Doby, Kevin Dorsey, Marja Dozier, Geary Lanier Faggett, Vonciele Faggett, Judy Gossett, Harold Green, Tenika Johns, Angel Johnson , Daniel Johnson , Zaneta M. Johnson, Laquentan Jordan, Maxi Anderson , Howard McCrary, Linda McCrary, Sam McCrary, Alice Jean McRath, Sue Merriett, Patrice Morris, Kristle Murden, Deborah Sharp-Taylor, Ron Taylor , Johnnie Walker, Yvonne Williams and Zandra Williams
- arranger:
- Michael Jackson
- orchestrator:
- Michael Jackson and Jeremy Lubbock
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- MJJ Productions Inc. (in 2001)
- recording of:
- Speechless
- lyricist and composer:
- Michael Jackson
- publisher:
- Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (ended) and Mijac Music
| 3.15 | 3:21 |
| 14 | The Way You Make Me Feel | 4 | 5:00 |
| 15 | We’ve Had Enough- assistant engineer:
- Dave Ashton, Jeff Burns , Craig Durrance, Tim Roberts and Tom Sweeney
- engineer:
- Stuart Brawley, Brad Gilderman, John Hanes (task: Additional Pro Tools), Jean‐Marie Horvat, Harvey Mason Jr. , Dexter Simmons and Bruce Swedien
- producer:
- Michael Jackson and Rodney Jerkins
- mixer:
- Serban Ghenea
- editor:
- Stuart Brawley
- drums (drum set):
- Gerald Heyward
- vocals:
- Michael Jackson
- strings arranger:
- Jeremy Lubbock
- choir vocals arranger:
- Betty Wright
- engineered at:
- Darkchild Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States and Sony Music Studios in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- We’ve Had Enough
- writer:
- Carole Bayer Sager, LaShawn Daniels , Freddie Jerkins III, Michael Jackson and Rodney Jerkins
| 5 | 5:48 |
| 16 | Remember the Time | 3.85 | 4:02 |
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