Thriller ranking

[Celloo Deng 55,548]

Share your ranking of Thriller! This was difficult 

1. Human Nature

2. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

3. Baby Be Mine

4. Beat It

5. The Lady In My Life

6. P.Y.T.

7. Thriller

8. Billie Jean

9. The Girl Is Mine

[MACATL 1,782]

To me, Thriller goes near the bottom.  It’s a novelty song that’s fun to hear at Halloween and that’s it.  It’s the VIDEO that’s the star.  Not the song.  

[SevenWonder 4,504]

I am not really much of an MJ fan, but I think Billie Jean is the most perfect pop song ever created. I love every note of that song. I know that's not exactly a hot take,  but there's a reason for that. It's perfect.

BJ is number one.

I hate Thriller (song) and always have. That's last. 

I will let more learned MJ scholars decide the rest. 

[Lucas 28,586]

1. Beat It
2. Billie Jean
3. Thriller
4. Human Nature
5. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

I listened to the full album a few times but these are the only songs I remember. Beat It is one of my favorite songs of all time, I'm on FIRE when I listen to it 

Edited December 17, 2025 by Lucas

[BlackWave 47]

1. Beat It

2. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

3. Human Nature

4. Billie Jean

5. Baby Be Mine

6. P.Y.T.

7. Thriller

8. The Girl Is Mine

9. The Lady In My Life

[Skyana Rava 2,055]

@PartySick we need taste

[Lord Axel 847]

1. Baby Be Mine
2. Thriller
3. P.Y.T.
4. Human Nature
5. Billie Jean
6. Beat It
7. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
8. The Lady In My Life
9. The Girl Is Mine

One of my fave albums of all time as I'm sure a lot would agree with  It's still crazy to me how the title track is so vastly different than every other song on the album but it's so legendary

[Franch Toast 27,343]

1. Human Nature

2. P.Y.T.

3. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

4. Beat It

5. Thriller

6. Billie Jean

7. The Lady In My Life

8. The Girl Is Mine

9.  Baby Be Mine

 

 

 

 

[Kevbev 450]

Human Nature is my favorite song on the album. It's one of my favorite songs, in general. Not sure how I would rank the rest of the songs, though.

[PartySick 164,364]

On 12/17/2025 at 4:34 PM, Skyana Rava said:

@PartySick we need taste

Thriller is probably the album I listen to the least...it sits right between that funky retro disco MJ that I'm nostalgic for and new jack swing/electronic MJ that I like the most.

It helped define the sound of the 80s and...that's my least favorite decade for music in the 20th century  

But anyway...

1. Human Nature
2. The Lady in My Life (full version)
3. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
4. Billie Jean
5. Beat It
6. Baby Be Mine
7. Thriller
8. P.Y.T.
9. The Girl is Mine

The most iconic album in history, even if it sits pretty low on my personal MJ tier list

Now if y'all wanna get me started, make a thread for any of his 90s albums