I know how hard it is to do these kind of lists...And I've been given dap and the middle finger for some of the joints I've worked on over the years...lol

But Gawker got kinda lazy (could have least written some entries for the top 20)

Still, this is some brave shit even if some of the placements are head scratchers ("Get Off" over "Sign O The Times?" Some of MJ's songs being way too low...Madonna's "Hung Up" being too high...) Interesting read....And u know who seems to dominate the list....

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Prince, Madonna, and Michael Jackson Singles, Ranked




Rich Juzwiak
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http://rankings.gawker.com/prince-madonna-and-michael-jackson-singles-ranked-1635961045

Prince, Madonna, and Michael Jackson were born within three months of each other in the middle of 1958. (Kate Bush was also born during this time period.) During the '80s, they redefined the way we consume pop music, and the cults they spawned predicted the rabid fandom that we see around most current pop superstars. Ranking their singles together just made sense, as both a critical exercise and an expression of masochism.

A note on criteria: The songs on this list must have been commercially released as a single in the U.S. unless a video was produced that played in the U.S. and/or the song charted within the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 or the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Songs on which one of the three artist in question sang prominent lead vocals in the verses and/or chorus qualified.

220. Madonna "American Pie"

219. Prince with Zooey Deschanel "Fallinlove2nite"

218. Michael Jackson with Paul McCartney "The Girl Is Mine"

217. Prince with Sheena Easton "The Arms of Orion"

216. Prince "Dinner with Delores"

215. Madonna "Hey You"

214. Michael Jackson "Ghosts"

213. Prince "Screwdriver"

212. Prince "Guitar"

211. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL "Pretzelbodylogic"

210. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL "Fixurlifeup"

209. Prince "Musicology"

208. Prince "Breakdown"

207. Prince "The Holy River"

206. Prince "The Work, pt. 1"

205. Prince "Fury"

204. Prince "S.S.T."

203. Michael Jackson "Music & Me"

202. Michael Jackson "HIStory"

201. Madonna "This Used To Be My Playground"

200. Michael Jackson "Blood on the Dance Floor"

199. Michael Jackson "Ain't No Sunshine"

198. Prince "Breakfast Can Wait"

197. Madonna "Hollywood"

196. Prince "Dance 4 Me"

195. Madonna "Hanky Panky"

194. Madonna "Miles Away"

193. Prince "Future Baby Mama"

192. Michael Jackson "Hollywood Tonight"

191. Michael Jackson "Cry"

190. Michael Jackson "Got to Be There"

189. Michael Jackson "Childhood"

188. Prince "Partyman"

187. Madonna "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"

186. Michael Jackson "Behind the Mask"

185. Madonna "Revolver"

184. Prince "Te Amo Corazón"

183. Michael Jackson "Rockin' Robin"

182. Prince "Purple Medley"

181. Prince "The Truth"

180. Madonna "American Life"

179. Prince "Cinnamon Girl"

178. Prince "F.U.N.K."

177. Michael Jackson "Black or White"

176. Michael Jackson "Heal the World"

175. Madonna "Girl Gone Wild"

174. Prince "Just As Long As We're Together"

173. Michael Jackson "With a Child's Heart"

172. Michael Jackson "One Day in Your Life"

171. Prince "Glam Slam"

170. Prince "Peach"

169. Madonna "Nothing Really Matters"

168. Michael Jackson "Just a Little Bit of You"

167. Madonna "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"

166. Prince "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"

165. Madonna "You Must Love Me"

164. Michael Jackson "Touch the One You Love"

163. Prince with Angie Stone "U Make My Sun Shine"

162. Madonna with Britney Spears "Me Against the Music"

161. Prince "Gold"

160. Michael Jackson "Liberian Girl"

159. Michael Jackson "You Are Not Alone"

158. Prince "Extraloveable"

157. Madonna "Causing a Commotion"

156. Michael Jackson "One More Chance"

155. Madonna "You'll See"

154. Prince & the Revolution with Apollonia "Take Me With U"

153. Madonna "Beautiful Stranger"

152. Prince "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"

151. Michael Jackson "Jam"

150. Prince & the NPG "My Name Is Prince"

149. Madonna "What It Feels Like for a Girl"

148. Prince and the Revolution "America"

147. Madonna "Give Me All Your Luvin" (with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.)

146. Madonna "Gambler"

145. Prince & the NPG "Money Don't Matter 2 Night"

144. Madonna "Turn Up the Radio"

143. Prince with Nona Gaye "Love Sign"

142. Prince "Call My Name"

141. Michael Jackson "Leave Me Alone"

140. Prince & the NPG "7"

139. Madonna "Don't Tell Me"

138. Michael Jackson "Gone Too Soon"

137. Prince "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"

136. Michael Jackson "Earth Song"

135. Madonna "Celebration"

134. Prince "Still Waiting"

133. Madonna "I'll Remember"

132. Prince "Let's Work"

131. Michael Jackson "This Is It"

130. Madonna "Give It 2 Me"

129. Madonna "Love Profusion"

128. Prince "New Power Generation"

127. Prince "Space"

126. Madonna "Nothing Fails"

125. Madonna "The Power of Good-Bye"

124. Michael Jackson "A Place With No Name"

123. Prince "When 2 R in Love"

121. Prince and the Revolution "Anotherloverholenyohead"

120. Madonna "Ray of Light"

119. Michael Jackson "Beat It"

118. Prince "Scandalous"

117. Michael Jackson "Bad"

116. Prince "Betcha By Golly Wow!"

115. Madonna "Rescue Me"

114. Michael Jackson "You Can't Win"

113. Prince & the NPG "Cream"

112. Madonna with Jellybean and Catherine Buchanan "Sidewalk Talk"

111. Michael Jackson "We're Almost There"

110. Madonna "Sorry"

109. Prince "Letitgo"

108. Madonna "Human Nature"

107. Prince "Eye Hate You"

106. Madonna "Die Another Day"

105. Madonna "Jump"

104. Prince & the NPG "Damn U"

103. Michael Jackson with Diana Ross "Ease on Down the Road"

102. Michael Jackson "Farewell My Summer Love"

101. Madonna "La Isla Bonita"

100. Madonna "Fever"

99. Prince "Delirious"

98. Michael Jackson "The Way You Make Me Feel"

97. Prince and the Revolution "Mountains"

96. Madonna with Massive Attack "I Want You"

95. Prince & the NPG "The Morning Papers"

94. Michael Jackson "Man in the Mirror"

93. Madonna "Burning Up"

92. Michael Jackson with Rockwell "Somebody's Watching Me"

91. Prince "Let's Pretend We're Married"

90. Madonna "Rain"

89. Madonna "Take a Bow"

88. Prince "Batdance"

87. Prince "I Wish U Heaven"

86. Prince "Black Sweat"

85. Madonna with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland "4 Minutes"

84. Prince "Thieves in the Temple"

83. Prince & the NPG "Diamonds and Pearls"

82. Madonna "Papa Don't Preach"

81. Michael Jackson "They Don't Care About Us"

80. Prince "Pink Cashmere"

79. Michael Jackson "Stranger in Moscow"

78. Madonna "Open Your Heart"

77. Michael Jackson "Who Is It"

76. Michael Jackson "I Wanna Be Where You Are"

75. Madonna "Material Girl"

74. Michael Jackson "Ben"

73. Madonna "Music"

72. Michael Jackson "She's Out of My Life"

71. Madonna "Angel"

70. Michael Jackson "Will You Be There"

69. Madonna "Who's That Girl"

68. Michael Jackson "Butterflies"

67. Madonna "Bedtime Story"

66. Prince & the NPG "Sexy MF"

65. Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"

64. Prince and the Revolution "Let's Go Crazy"

63. Madonna "Oh Father"

62. Madonna "Bad Girl"

61. Michael Jackson with Paul McCartney "Say Say Say"

60. Madonna "Get Together"

59. Madonna "Secret"

58. Michael Jackson "Love Never Felt So Good"

57. Prince "Soft and Wet"

56. Prince and the Revolution "Pop Life"

55. Michael Jackson "Dirty Diana"

54. Prince "Dirty Mind"

53. Madonna "Lucky Star"

52. Michael Jackson "Another Part of Me"

51. Michael Jackson "You Rock My World"

50. Prince "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"

49. Michael Jackson "Off the Wall"

48. Madonna "Like a Virgin"

47. Prince "Uptown"

46. Michael Jackson "In the Closet"

45. Madonna "Erotica"

44. Madonna "Keep It Together"

43. Madonna "True Blue"

42. Prince and the Revolution "Raspberry Beret"

41. Madonna "Dress You Up"

40. Michael Jackson "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"

39. Prince "1999"

38. Madonna "Express Yourself"

37. Michael Jackson "Thriller"

36. Madonna "Crazy for You"

35. Prince "Sign o' the Times"

34. Prince & the NPG "Gett Off"

33. Madonna "Everybody"

32. Prince "Do Me, Baby"

31. Madonna "Frozen"

30. Michael Jackson "Wanna Be Startin' Something"

29. Prince "I Wanna Be Your Lover"

28. Madonna "Borderline"

27. Michael Jackson "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"

26. Michael Jackson "Remember the Time"

25. Prince with Sheena Easton "U Got the Look"

24. Madonna "Deeper and Deeper"

23. Prince & the NPG "Insatiable"

22. Madonna "Live To Tell"

21. Madonna "Cherish"

20. Prince with Sheila E "A Love Bizarre"

19. Michael Jackson with Janet Jackson "Scream"

18. Prince and the Revolution "Kiss"


17. Michael Jackson "Human Nature"

16. Madonna "Like a Prayer"

15. Madonna "Into the Groove"

14. Prince "Alphabet St."


13. Michael Jackson "Smooth Criminal"

12. Prince and the Revolution "Purple Rain"


11. Prince "Controversy"


10. Madonna "Justify My Love"

9. Prince and the Revolution "I Would Die 4 U"


8. Madonna "Hung Up"

7. Prince "Little Red Corvette"


6. Madonna "Vogue"

5. Michael Jackson "Billie Jean"

4. Madonna "Holiday"

3. Michael Jackson "Rock With You"

2. Prince "If I Was Your Girlfriend"

1. Prince and the Revolution "When Doves Cry"

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

There's no way they can explain that to me...

And Hung Up is in the Top 10????

This list is garbage.

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AND I LOVE IT.

i had a visceral reaction to the top 10. they got that shit so wrong.

can i just say again i love that they took the time to do this.

and i haven't poured over the whole list.

but i know right now today that the top 10 is not in line w/my favorites or what i'd consider their greatest or best work.

my top 10 favorite singles from Prince, MJ, Madge (as in these are my personal favorites b/c i like them better):

1. MJ, 'Billie Jean'

2. MJ, 'Don't Stop Til You Get Enough'

3. Prince, 'If I Was Your Girlfriend'

4. Madge, 'Hung Up' (SDP Extended Vocal Mix)...not the single edit. the 12-inch version is a str8 up House track.

5. Prince & the Revolution, 'Mountains' (Extended Version)...the 10 minute, 12-inch version.

6. Madge, 'Vogue'

7. MJ, 'Who is It'

8. MJ, 'Stranger In Moscow'

9. Madge, 'Holiday'

10. Prince, 'When Doves Cry'

MJ, Prince, and Madonna's 10 greatest singles (as in these are the 10 singles from the 3 acts that were the most important in their respective careers and/or had the largest impact on the world/culture based on my measuring of ppl's reaction/reception):

1. MJ, 'Billie Jean'

2. Madonna, 'Vogue'

3. Prince, 'When Doves Cry'

4. MJ, 'Thriller'

5. Madonna, 'Like a Virgin'

6. MJ, 'Beat It'

7. Prince, 'Kiss'

8. Madonna, 'Ray of Light'

9. Prince & the Revolution, 'Purple Rain'

10. MJ, 'Don't Stop Til You Get Enough'

fuck you.

>AND I LOVE IT.
>
>i had a visceral reaction to the top 10. they got that shit
>so wrong.
>
>can i just say again i love that they took the time to do
>this.
>
>and i haven't poured over the whole list.
>
>but i know right now today that the top 10 is not in line w/my
>favorites or what i'd consider their greatest or best work.
>
>my top 10 favorite singles from Prince, MJ, Madge:
>
>1. MJ, 'Billie Jean'
>
>2. MJ, 'Don't Stop Til You Get Enough'
>
>3. Prince, 'If I Was Your Girlfriend'
>
>4. Madge, 'Hung Up'
>
>5. Prince & the Revolution, 'Mountains'
>
>6. Madge, 'Vogue'
>
>7. MJ, 'Who is It'
>
>8. MJ, 'Stranger In Moscow'
>
>9. Madge, 'Holiday'
>
>10. Prince, 'When Doves Cry'
>
>MJ, Prince, and Madonna's 10 greatest singles:
>
>1. MJ, 'Billie Jean'
>
>2. Madonna, 'Vogue'
>
>3. Prince, 'When Doves Cry'
>
>4. MJ, 'Thriller'
>
>5. Madonna, 'Like a Virgin'
>
>6. MJ, 'Beat It'
>
>7. Prince, 'Kiss'
>
>8. Madonna, 'Ray of Light'
>
>9. Prince & the Revolution, 'Purple Rain'
>
>10. MJ, 'Don't Stop Til You Get Enough'
>


Yo...your list is going to cause fist fights, dog...lol

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

my list of favorites or my list of what i consider their greatest?

fuck you.

Your top 10 list....The first one was your personal favorites, right? Or do I have that wrong...

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

the 2nd list are their best/greatest.

fuck you.

Obviously the writer isn't a fan of the newest Prince work with all the 2013/2014 releases at the bottom.

But this person really thinkgs that "FUNK" and "Betcha By Gollow Wow" are better than "Breakdown" and "Fury"? C'mon son.

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>Obviously the writer isn't a fan of the newest Prince work
>with all the 2013/2014 releases at the bottom.
>
>But this person really thinkgs that "FUNK" and "Betcha By
>Gollow Wow" are better than "Breakdown" and "Fury"? C'mon
>son.

lol...

There are some questionable things going on, but I still support the spirit of this list...Shit is hard to pull off...

I mean one of my favorite Madonna singles of all time ("Get Into The Groove") is not even in the top 10!

And "Billie Jean" is too...Should be top 3 IMO....

But I love the fact that this list shows just how prolific and the superior artist Prince was out of the three...Dude literally was waking up and recording hits damn near every day....

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

>
>There are some questionable things going on, but I still
>support the spirit of this list...Shit is hard to pull off...

But your list didn't have any glaring "WTF moments" in my opinion. Most of these lists have things that are obviously based on the writer's personal preferences rather than presenting some amount of objectivity.

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but they do their job...getting people to react and respond with their own rankings

with that in mind

yeah...that list is pretty much completely not how I'd have ordereded (e.g. "love never felt so good" is better than "butterflies"? yeesh)

plus do you include "little michael" (pre off-the-wall)? can you include jacksons and jackson5 joints where he was lead/only-voice?

hrm....

like all I know is "Billie Jean" should be at number 1.
that's all I got.

>like all I know is "Billie Jean" should be at number 1.
>that's all I got.


I think they nailed the no. 1 with "Doves"....But "Billie Jean" should at the very least be no. 2......

But the rest of this list is all of the place...Tough list to even tackle though....

GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....

>>like all I know is "Billie Jean" should be at number 1.
>>that's all I got.
>
>
>I think they nailed the no. 1 with "Doves"....But "Billie
>Jean" should at the very least be no. 2......
>
>But the rest of this list is all of the place...Tough list to
>even tackle though....


WDC is best pop song not just this list but ever.. With that said, BJ is can also say the same..

No matter what list those two should win place or show for the foreseeable future

if not 'BJ' then 'Vogue'.

fuck you.

>like all I know is "Billie Jean" should be at number 1.
>that's all I got.

I'm a fan of all three so no major complaints.

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There are several Madonna songs that I hadn't thought about in years that this list hits.

Stuff like this is just really fun.

I just saw that they did a ranking of all of Mariah's singles too.