Michael Jackson singles discography

Michael Jackson discography
Michael Jackson discography
Singles	68

See also Jackson 5 discography and Michael Jackson albums discography

This page lists the singles discography of Michael Jackson, which includes chart positions of singles released by Jackson for the United States (US), the United Kingdom (UK), Canada (CA), Australia (AU), Germany (DE), France (FR) and Ireland (IE).

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Year	Song	Peak chart positions																					Album
Year	Song	US ^[1]	US Cashbox^[2]	US R&B	US Dance	UK ^[3]	CA ^[4]	AU ^[5]	DE ^[6]	FR ^[7]	CH ^[8]	IE ^[9]	AT	NL	BE	EU	IS	NO	DK	IT	ES	NZ	Album
1971	"Got to Be There"	4	1	4	-	5	-	83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Got to Be There
1972	"Rockin' Robin"	2	1	2	-	3	-	16	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
	"I Wanna Be Where You Are"	16	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	"Ain't No Sunshine"	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	"Ben"	1	2	5	-	7	-	1	-	-	-	15	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	Ben
1973	"With a Child's Heart"	50	37	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Music and Me
	"Music and Me"	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	"Happy"	-	-	-	-	52	-	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	"We're Almost There"	54	57	7	-	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Forever, Michael
1975	"Just a Little Bit of You"	23	30	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Forever, Michael
1979	"You Can't Win"	81	–	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	The Wiz
	"Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	13	52	4	10	11	2	-	-	-	1	-	6	2	1	Off the Wall
	"Rock with You"	1	1	1	2	7	4	4	58	59	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	1	3
1980	"Off the Wall" ⁴	10	11	5	2	7	3	94	-	-	18	20	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
	"She's out of My Life"	10	14	43	-	3	10	17	-	-	-	4	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	"Girlfriend" ³ ⁴	-	-	-	-	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49
1981	"One Day in Your Life" ⁴	55	72	42	-	1	-	9	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	One Day in Your Life
1982	"The Girl Is Mine" (w/ Paul McCartney) ⁴	2	3	1	1	8	-	4	53	6	-	4	-	12	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	3	Thriller
1983	"Billie Jean"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	2	-	1	1	5	-	1	1	2
	"Beat It"	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	2	2	6	1	-	1	1	8	-	9	1	1
	"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" ⁴	5	6	1	1	8	11	8	16	10	30	5	-	1	-		4	-	22	14	-	4
	"Human Nature" ⁴ ⁷ ⁸	7	10	27	-	90	17	64	64	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	33
	"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" ⁴	10	15	46	-	11	24	40	51	-	-	4	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	"Thriller"	4	4	3	1	10	4	3	9	1	3	4	5	3	1		3	7	-	5	1	6
	"Farewell My Summer Love" ⁴	38	34	37	-	7	-	68	51	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	Farewell My Summer Love
	"Girl You're So Together" ³ ⁴	-	-	-	-	33	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Farewell My Summer Love
1987	"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (w/ Siedah Garrett) ⁴	1	1	1	-	1	2	10	2	12	2	1	5	1	-	1	2	1	1	2	-	3	Bad
1987	"Bad"	1	1	1	1	3	1	4	4	4	3	1	9	1	-	1	1	2	1	5	1	2
1988	"The Way You Make Me Feel"	1	1	1	1	3	3	5	12	29	8	1	15	6	-		3	-	6	7	1	2
	"Man in the Mirror"	1	1	1	-	2	6	8	23	-	-	3	10	16	-	7	2	-	-	-	-	4
	"Dirty Diana"	1	1	5	-	4	7	27	3	9	3	3	7	2	-	1	1	-	2	6	1	5
	"Another Part of Me"	11	12	1	18	15	46	44	10	32	5	5	20	10	-		-	-	-	47	-	14
	"Smooth Criminal"	7	7	2	9	8	6	16	9	4	5	4	17	1	1	3	1	-	1	6	1	29
1989	"Leave Me Alone" ³	-	-	-	-	2	-	37	16	17	10	1	15	6	-		9	6	-	8	1	9
	"Liberian Girl" ³	-	-	-	-	13	-	50	23	15	12	1	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31
	""Speed Demon" (song)" ³	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	"Black or White"	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	-	1	1	1	-	1	2	1	Dangerous
1992	"Remember the Time"	3	1	1	2	3	5	6	8	5	4	3	16	3	-		5	10	-	8	2	1
	"In the Closet"	6	6	1	1	8	13	5	15	9	25	4	23	9	-		6	10	-	5	2	5
	"Jam"	26	21	3	4	13	21	11	18	8	22	5	28	9	-		3	-	-	7	1	2
	"Who Is It"	14	5	6	1	10	20	34	9	8	14	6	5	15	-		4	10	-	18	-	16
	"Heal the World"	27	26	62	-	2	9	20	3	2	5	2	4	6	-	2	2	3	7	1	1	3
1993	"Give in to Me" ³	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	10	7	7	2	12	3	-	3	2	7	-	-	-	1
	"Will You Be There"	7	6	53	-	9	3	42	12	29	3	3	11	3	-		4	-	-	-	-	2
	"Gone Too Soon" ³	-	-	-	-	33	-	78	45	32	33	18	-	31	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	6
1995	"Scream/Childhood"	5	3	2	1	3	1	2	8	4	3	6	9	3	3	1	3	2	-	1	-	1	HIStory
	"You Are Not Alone"	1	1	1	3	1	2	7	4	1	1	1	2	6	1	1	1	9	-	3	1	1
	"Earth Song" ³	-	-	-	32	1	-	15	1	2	1	2	2	4	2	1	1	4	-	6	1	4
1996	"This Time Around" (w/ The Notorious B.I.G.) ⁴ ⁵	-	-	42	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	"They Don't Care About Us"	30	31	10	27	4	-	16	1	4	3	7	2	4	3	2	1	6	-	1	2	9
	"Stranger in Moscow"	91	-	50	-	4	-	14	21	18	5	13	7	9	21		8	-	-	1	1	6
1997	"Blood on the Dance Floor"	42	-	24	10	1	4	5	5	10	5	5	9	4	11		2	2	-	1	1	1	Blood On The Dance Floor
1997	"HIStory/Ghosts" ³	-	-	-	-	5	-	43	14	26	16	16	36	16	10		16	-	-	29	-	29	Blood On The Dance Floor
2001	"You Rock My World"	10	-	13	-	2	2	4	6	1	5	4	9	3	2		2	2	2	3	-	13	Invincible
2001	"Cry" ³	-	-	-	-	25	-	43	76	30	42	-	65	-	31		-	-	16	18	-	-
2002	"Butterflies" ⁴	14	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	"Heaven Can Wait" ⁶	-	-	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	"What More Can I Give" ^A	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	no album
2003	"One More Chance"	83	-	40	-	5	-	-	29	44	24	21	58	23	37	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	Number Ones
	Number-one hits	12	14	16	10	8	6	5	2	5	5	10	0	6	1	10	9	4	4	6	15	8
	Top ten hits	27	26	31	18	38	19	21	20	21	22	34	18	31	5		28	20	7	22	20	28
	Top twenty hits	31	30	32	20	43	25	29	26	25	27	41	25	42	6		30	21	9	26	20	33

Notes:

³ Released only outside of the U.S. and Canada.
⁴ Released to radio only and in vinyl, gramophone or CD formats. No accompanying music video was shot for it.
⁵ Released only in the U.S.
⁶ Never officially released.
⁷ Released only in the U.S., Canada, and in Australia.
^A Digital download release only.
⁸ Charted in the UK for the first time in 2009 due to strong digital sales following Michael Jackson's death.

Collaborations and other releases

Year	Song	US BB	US R&B	US D	UK	CAN	AUS	GER	ita	NZ	Album
1978	"Ease on Down the Road" (w/ Diana Ross)	41	17	-	45	-	-	-	1	-	The Wiz
1979	"A Brand New Day" (w/ Diana Ross)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	The Wiz
1980	"Save Me" (w/ Dave Mason)	71	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	*	Old Crest on a New Wave
1983	"Say Say Say" (w/ Paul McCartney)	1	2	-	2	1	4	1	1	1	Pipes of Peace
1984	"Somebody's Watching Me" (w/ Rockwell)	2	1	-	6	-	-	1	1	-	Somebody's Watching Me
1988	"Get It" (w/ Stevie Wonder)	80	4	-	37	-	-	-		-	Characters
1991	"Do the Bartman"	-	-	-	1^[10]	-	1^[11]	-	-	1	The Simpsons Sing the Blues
1992	"Whatzupwitu" (w/ Eddie Murphy)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	Love's Alright
1996	"Why" (w/ 3T)	-	72	-	2	-	46	29	1	9	Brotherhood
2008	"The Girl Is Mine 2008" (w/ will.i.am)	-	-	-	32	76	60	21	1	-	Thriller 25
	"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008" (w/ Akon)	81	-	2	69	32	8	63	1	4	Thriller 25
	"Thriller Megamix"	-	-	-	96^[12]	-	80	-	1	-	King of Pop
	Number-one hits	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-
	Top ten hits	2	3	1	4	1	3	1	2
	Top twenty hits	2	4	1	4	1	3	2	2

(* = chart position unknown)

Certifications

Year	Single	RIAA^[13]	BPI^[14]	CRIA^[15]	ARIA^[16]	IFPI GER^[17]	SNEP^[18]
1979	"Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"	Platinum (1,000,000)	Silver (200,000)
1979	"Rock with You"	Platinum (1,000,000)
1980	"Off the Wall"	Gold (500,000)
1980	"She's Out of My Life"	Gold (500,000)
1981	"One Day in Your Life"		Gold (400,000)
1982	"The Girl Is Mine"	Gold (1,000,000)
1983	"Billie Jean"	Platinum (1,000,000)	Gold (400,000)	2× Platinum (200,000)	Gold (35,000)		Platinum (1,000,000)
	"Beat It"	Platinum (1,000,000)	Silver (200,000)	Platinum (100,000)	Platinum (70,000)		Platinum (1,000,000)
	"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
	"Say Say Say"	Platinum (1,000,000)					Gold (500,000)
1984	"Thriller"	Platinum (1,000,000)	Silver (200,000)		Platinum (70,000)		Platinum (1,000,000)
1985	"We Are the World"	4× Platinum (8,000,000)	Silver (200,000)	3× Platinum (300,000)			Platinum (1,000,000)
1987	"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"	Gold (1,000,000)
1987	"Bad"				Platinum (70,000)		Silver (200,000)
1988	"The Way You Make Me Feel"						Silver (200,000)
1988	"Man in the Mirror"
1989	"Smooth Criminal"						Silver (200,000)
1991	"Black or White"	Platinum (1,000,000)	Silver (200,000)	Gold (50,000)	2× Platinum (140,000)	Gold (250,000)	Silver (125,000)
1992	"Remember the Time"	Gold (500,000)			Gold (35,000)
	"In the Closet"	Gold (500,000)			Gold (35,000)
	"Heal the World"		Gold (400,000)		Gold (35,000)	Gold (250,000)	Silver (125,000)
1993	"Will You Be There"	Gold (500,000)
1995	"Scream/Childhood"	Platinum (1,000,000)			Gold (35,000)
	"You Are Not Alone"	Platinum (1,000,000)	Gold (400,000)		Platinum (70,000)	Gold (250,000)	Gold (250,000)
	"Earth Song"		Platinum (600,000)			2× Platinum (1,000,000)	Gold (250,000)
1996	"They Don't Care About Us"		Silver (200,000)		Gold (35,000)	3× Gold (750,000)	Silver (125,000)
1997	"Blood on the Dance Floor"				Gold (35,000)	Gold (250,000)
2001	"You Rock My World"				Gold (35,000)		Gold (250,000)
2008	"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008"				Gold (35,000)

References

Michael Jackson charts 1 contains singles sales information.
Michael Jackson charts 2 contains Motown sales information.

Footnotes

^ Billboard magazine. "Billboard charts". Retrieved 2009-02-01.
^ http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/70s.html
^ The Official U.K. Charts Company. "UK Singles Chart (searchable database)". Every Hit. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
^ RPM magazine. "Canadian Singles Chart (searchable database)". Collection Canada. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
^ Australian Recording Industry Association. "Australian Singles Chart (searchable database)". Retrieved 2009-02-01.
^ Media Control. "German Singles Chart (searchable database)". Musicline. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
^ Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. "French Singles Chart (searchable database)". Les charts. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
^ http://norwegiancharts.com/showperson.asp?name=Michael+Jackson
^ The Irish Recorded Music Association. "Irish Singles Chart (searchable database)". IRMA. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
^ Chart Stats – Simpsons - Do The Bartman
^ australian-charts.com - The Simpsons - Do The Bartman
^ Chart Stats: UK Singles Chart Archive
^ Recording Industry Association of America. "American certification". Retrieved 2009-02-01.
^ British Phonographic Industry. "British certification". Retrieved 2009-02-01.
^ Canadian Recording Industry Association. "Canadian certification". Retrieved 2009-02-01.
^ Australian Recording Industry Association. "Australian certification". Retrieved 2009-02-01.
^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Germany. "German Certification". Musik Industrie. Retrieved 2009-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique. "French certification". Charts In France. Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[billboard-1] Billboard magazine. "Billboard charts". Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[2] ttp://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/70s.html

[3] The Official U.K. Charts Company. "UK Singles Chart (searchable database)". Every Hit. Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[4] RPM magazine. "Canadian Singles Chart (searchable database)". Collection Canada. Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[5] Australian Recording Industry Association. "Australian Singles Chart (searchable database)". Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[6] Media Control. "German Singles Chart (searchable database)". Musicline. Retrieved 2009-06-21.

[7] Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. "French Singles Chart (searchable database)". Les charts. Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[8] ttp://norwegiancharts.com/showperson.asp?name=Michael+Jackson

[9] The Irish Recorded Music Association. "Irish Singles Chart (searchable database)". IRMA. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

[10] Chart Stats – Simpsons - Do The Bartman

[11] ustralian-charts.com - The Simpsons - Do The Bartman

[12] Chart Stats: UK Singles Chart Archive

[13] Recording Industry Association of America. "American certification". Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[14] British Phonographic Industry. "British certification". Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[15] Canadian Recording Industry Association. "Canadian certification". Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[16] Australian Recording Industry Association. "Australian certification". Retrieved 2009-02-01.

[17] International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Germany. "German Certification". Musik Industrie. Retrieved 2009-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[18] Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique. "French certification". Charts In France. Retrieved 2009-02-01.

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Singles Songs Unreleased songs
1970s	"Got to Be There" "Ain't No Sunshine" "I Wanna Be Where You Are" "Rockin' Robin" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" "You've Got a Friend" "Ben" "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" "My Girl" "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" "We've Got a Good Thing Going" "With a Child's Heart" "Morning Glow" "All the Things You Are" "Happy" "Too Young" "Music and Me" "We're Almost There" "Just a Little Bit of You" "You Can't Win" "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" "Rock with You" "Working Day and Night" "It's the Falling in Love"
1980s	"Off the Wall" "Girlfriend" "She's Out of My Life" "One Day in Your Life" "The Girl Is Mine" "Billie Jean" "Beat It" "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Human Nature" "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" "Thriller" "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" "Lonely Teardrops" "That's What Love Is Made Of" "Farewell My Summer Love" "Girl You're So Together" "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" "Bad" "The Way You Make Me Feel" "Speed Demon" "Liberian Girl" "Just Good Friends" "Another Part of Me" "Man in the Mirror" "Dirty Diana" "Smooth Criminal" "Leave Me Alone" "Twenty-Five Miles"
1990s	"Black or White" "Jam" "In the Closet" "Remember the Time" "Heal the World" "Who Is It" "Give In to Me" "Will You Be There" "Gone Too Soon" "Dangerous" "Come Together" "Scream" "Childhood" "They Don't Care About Us" "Stranger in Moscow" "This Time Around" "Earth Song" "D.S." "You Are Not Alone" "Tabloid Junkie" "HIStory" "Smile" "Blood on the Dance Floor" "Ghosts" "Is It Scary" "On the Line"
2000s	"Speechless" "You Rock My World" "Heaven Can Wait" "Butterflies" "Cry" "One More Chance" "Cheater" "(I Like) The Way You Love Me" "Fall Again" "This Is It"
2010s	"Hold My Hand" "Hollywood Tonight" "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" "Behind the Mask" "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" "I'm So Blue" "Price of Fame" "Love Never Felt So Good" "Chicago" "Loving You" "A Place with No Name" "Slave to the Rhythm" "Blue Gangsta"
2020s	"She's Trouble"
Other	"We Are the World" "Mind Is the Magic" "What More Can I Give" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous" "Diamonds Are Invincible"
Featured	"A Brand New Day" "Ease on Down the Road" "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" "Night Time Lover" "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "State of Independence" "Muscles" "Say Say Say" "Somebody's Watching Me" "Don't Stand Another Chance" "Centipede" "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" "Eaten Alive" "Get It" "2300 Jackson Street" "Do the Bartman" "Whatzupwitu" "Why" "I Need You" "We Be Ballin'" "Girls, Girls, Girls" "All in Your Name" "There Must Be More to Life Than This" "Low" "Don't Matter to Me"
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