MJ On The Loop

Written By Kensedeobong Okosun

Today marks the 17th year of MJ’s demise. How time does fly!

As a diehard MJ fan, while conceding that Mr. Jackson never had a bad song in his repertoire, I do have my favourites. When I slide in my MJ CDs, the probability of repeating certain songs is usually high. Many songs hit differently, but the ones that engender pressing the repeat button form the basis of this playlist.

Many assume that MJ’s career began with Off The Wall (1979), but he had been performing sonic magic since 1972. As a millenial, my life has mostly been impacted by interestingly, not the Thriller album, but Bad, Dangerous, History and Invincible.

These albums feature most of the songs on this playlist. Now, let’s get down to good business!

  1. “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3qQtSRmHxo‍ ‍Off The Wall (1979).

  2. “Human Nature” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXXofaoixFo‍ ‍Thriller (1982).

  3. “P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZZQuj6htF4‍ ‍Thriller (1982).

  4. “Bad” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DlMoJ2V6uk‍ ‍Bad (1987).

  5. “Liberian Girl” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UoONw5ABpE‍ ‍Bad (1987).

  6. “Just Good Friends” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt27N-_3Hjs‍ ‍Bad (1987).

  7. “Man In The Mirror” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbnV1x7cHjs‍ ‍Bad (1987).

  8. “Dirty Diana” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUD0juRwb3I‍ ‍Bad (1987).

  9. “In The Closet” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY6fbugcisY‍ ‍Dangerous (1991).

  10. “She Drives Me Wild” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRp_FqCmsVA‍ ‍Dangerous (1991).

  11. “Remember The Time” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM19eRgOK1Q‍ ‍Dangerous (1991).

  12. “Who Is It” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dspo0Esmy0‍ ‍Dangerous (1991).

  13. “Give In To Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqjP5rTOQFc‍ ‍Dangerous (1991).

  14. “Will You Be There” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIuPDFw9dRU‍ ‍Dangerous (1991).

  15. “Keep The Faith” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIEiP7kzGjI‍ ‍Dangerous (1991).

  16. “Dangerous” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anLXXtlgOTg‍ ‍Dangerous (1991).

  17. “They Dont Care About Us” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_OPJ2d86kE‍ ‍History : Past, Present And Future Book I (1995).

  18. “Stranger In Moscow” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afi78zv0QHk‍ ‍History : Past, Present And Future Book I (1995).

  19. “This Time Around” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXFSjcjK73M‍ ‍History : Past, Present And Future Book I (1995).

  20. “Earth Song” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbAd62jzrNI‍ ‍History : Past, Present And Future Book I (1995).

  21. “D.S” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHWpLfZzGU0‍ ‍History : Past, Present And Future Book I (1995).

  22. “Come Together” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp_iORAu5q4‍ ‍History : Past, Present And Future Book I (1995).

  23. “You Are Not Alone” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02dMNQxwy48‍ ‍History : Past, Present And Future Book I (1995).

  24. “Blood On The Dance Floor” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTUINfx2XbY‍ ‍Blood On The Dance Floor : HIStory In The Mix (1997).

  25. “Ghost” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxuu6VrVrTU‍ ‍Blood On The Dance Floor : HIStory In The Mix (1997).

  26. “Break Of Dawn” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqX56pePdHw‍ ‍Invincible (2001).

  27. “You Rock My World” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiE1inuK5tE‍ ‍Invincible (2001).

  28. “Cry” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpwVKcOC3kE‍ ‍Invincible (2001).

  29. “The Lost Children” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UoPNNzWUjk‍ ‍Invincible (2001).

  30. “Whatever Happens” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz24AHAPwWs‍ ‍Invincible (2001).

Kensedeobong Okosun

Kensedeobong Okosun is a music enthusiast, music researcher, music journalist with expertise in music selection & planning, vocalist and an author. Her academic article “Sisterhood and Soul Music as expressions of Black Power” is featured in the edited volume, Black Power in Hemispheric Perspective (Raussert & Steinitz, eds, 2022). She has reviewed Dorothea Gail’s Weird American Music for the Forum for Interamerican Research (fiar, 2019). Her work has appeared on Nigeria’s Sun News Online and The Nigerian Observer.

Kensedeobong’s blog highlights music’s interconnectivity with society and comprises personal music experiences, researched information, concept playlists for multiple themes, etc.

A hard-core 90s R&B fan, she utilises the vehicle of memory, to position long forgotten music of yesteryears on the front-burner.

She is persuaded that music is a core conduit of collective harmony, equanimity, vitality and healing. And as such requires criticality in the filtration process, in order to disseminate meaning. Her blog promotes music equality and diversity.

She resides in Germany.

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