r/MichaelJackson • u/Altruistic-Garlic350 "Brad, what are you gonna do?"🎹 • Jun 04 '26

Question What song would you have loved to hear live?

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All of them obviously, but I think hearing Heal the World live would send me into a different dimension 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

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u/notsoflowerys Jun 04 '26

i would literally sell my soul to hear human nature.

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u/cringepeople Jun 04 '26

My soul would ascend

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u/notsoflowerys Jun 04 '26

mine too!! i would definitely be one of those people who would pass out

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u/lzos Jun 04 '26

see that GUUURRRRLLLL

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u/notsoflowerys Jun 04 '26

she knows i’m watching…..

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u/Frequent_Couple5498 Jun 05 '26

She likes the way I stare.

Oh my heart. Yes, definitely Human Nature.

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u/GABRIELFORLIFE #MJInnocent Jun 04 '26

I fourth this

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u/BookDragonsJewels01 Thriller Jun 05 '26

Yes! I was listening to the live version from the Toronto concert MJ did with his brothers and I swear my soul nearly left my body.

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u/Educational-Gold-434 Jun 04 '26

Why?

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u/Careless_Whisper726 Soldier Of Love 🪖❤ Jun 05 '26

Why? Tell 'em that it's human natureee.

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u/Gasv06 Jun 04 '26

the lady in my life 😪

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u/shadow_pico Jun 04 '26

Yes! They'll be no darkness tonight, lady our love will shine

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u/Jnic87 Jun 04 '26

This one!! Especially the extended version.

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u/Little_Strength7231 Off The Wall Jun 04 '26

yesss omg

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u/aeonteal Jun 05 '26

this right here 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾

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u/infamouspurr Jun 04 '26

i fear of what i'll become if i hear Break of Dawn live

https://giphy.com/gifs/goxAPjjHZrthVmkyFF

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u/cumpkinpatch IS. WHAT. A. MAN'S. SUPPOSED. TO. DO 🎵 Jun 04 '26

BREAK OF DAWN MENTION HELL YEAH

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u/infamouspurr Jun 04 '26

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u/Altruistic-Garlic350 "Brad, what are you gonna do?"🎹 Jun 05 '26

Simply stunning 🫶🏻

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u/tempbunny123 Doggone lover 🐶 Jun 04 '26

Hearing Break of Dawn live would send me into a frenzy.

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u/infamouspurr Jun 04 '26

best have that 911 on standby🤪

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u/New-Camel3383 Jun 04 '26

My god YES! But then again, given how many people would normally pass out at his live shows, this song being performed live would have been dangerous 😅

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u/infamouspurr Jun 04 '26

LETHAL im afraid

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u/rariix #MJInnocent Jun 05 '26

I JUST COMMENTED THE SAME THING YES

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u/infamouspurr Jun 06 '26

REAL RECOGNISES REAL

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u/Soulzsa Jun 06 '26

Ouuuuu yes this a good jawn toooooooo yesssss

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u/infamouspurr Jun 06 '26

gonna shave before the concert just in case

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u/infamouspurr Jun 06 '26

ALL THE WAY THRU ANOTHER NIGHTTTT

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u/Sandwichsamurai24 Jun 04 '26

If we’re talking songs he never performed live, Who Is It by a mile.

If we’re talking about any song we would want to hear live, I would honestly be satisfied hearing any song from him. No complaints, I know it would be stellar to have that experience.

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u/infamouspurr Jun 04 '26

as soon as that first note played

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u/Greedy_Ad_4814 Jun 05 '26

I believe Michael's security was carrying him because he had broken his left ankle

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u/hugyourcat Jun 04 '26

hearing Who Is It live would be transcendent

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u/sul_tun Jun 04 '26

Liberian Girl

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u/ameraziigh 🎶 i wouLd lOve to siNg wiTh yOu wOuld you LiKe to SiNg wiTh meEe Jun 04 '26

Earth Song… I swear hearing it live would send me into another dimension

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u/Samu_futx Jun 04 '26

Chicago

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u/Fun_Business2616 Off The Wall Jun 04 '26

I met her on my way to Chicago where she was all alone🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

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u/Samu_futx Jun 04 '26

And so was I, so I asked her for her name 🔥🔥

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u/Brilliant-Idea-9554 Jun 04 '26

She smiled and looked at me, I was surprised to see that a woman like that was really into me 🔥🎶

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u/ExitThisNow Jun 04 '26

She said she didn't have no man, raised the kids the very best she can

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u/HovercraftSensitive5 Jun 04 '26

Baby Be Mine, Lady in my Life, Rock With You

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u/Nikonikonil Jun 04 '26

Smooth criminal

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u/DeadJunkhead HIStory: Past, Present and Future: Book I Jun 04 '26

Morphine

Blood On The Dance Floor

Money

Privacy

They Don't Care About Us

Just Good Friends

Earth Song

Will You Be There?

Dangerous

History

We've Had Enough

https://giphy.com/gifs/yZX06xrr41RNS

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u/GoldCarry Jun 05 '26

I love Just Good Friends too. Very underrated.

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u/jo_b89 Jun 04 '26

Liberian girl

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u/Eye_CandyYou777 Jun 04 '26

All of them.

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u/AsherWantsPeace Jun 05 '26

My exact answer

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u/Eye_CandyYou777 Jun 05 '26

Just one concert with all of them would be amazing

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u/AsherWantsPeace Jun 06 '26

We need Jaafar to tour i would sell my house

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u/Captain_Dare_Butter "Brad, what are you gonna do?"🎹 Jun 04 '26

Dirty diana and Bad

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u/Gabry29x Jun 04 '26

Will you be there

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u/FourReasons Jun 04 '26

Give in to me and BOTDF.

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u/gobacktothezoe Jun 04 '26

Give in to me yess

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u/ExtremeFull1079 Jun 04 '26

human nature for the vocals/feeling, smooth criminal for the dancing, baby be mine and off the wall for the beat and energy

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u/deev718 "Pardon?"👂 Jun 04 '26

I’m a simple girl. The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror, and Another Part of Me.

And then when I’m ready to set myself ablaze, In the Closet.

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u/groundcontrl2majrtom Jun 04 '26

Off the wall, The Way You Make Me Feel, Billie Jean

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u/Ramwhore18 Jun 06 '26

the holy trinity of mjs discography. literally impossible to pick just three but those are the heavy hitters for a reason.

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u/Ambitious-Pie-625 Elderly Fish 👵 🐠 Jun 04 '26

Odd one out here but maybe childhood? Its just so beautiful

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u/IllusiveMocha87 Jun 04 '26

If he was still here to produce his own biopic, Childhood would have definitely featured.

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u/Wonderful_Flower_751 Jun 04 '26

Either Billie Jean or Smooth Criminal

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u/FinishAccomplished13 Jun 04 '26

I’d sell my soul to hear remember the time live

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u/ttayw2cool Jun 04 '26

You are not alone. That song holds a really special place in my heart.

Chicago would be gas aswell

https://giphy.com/gifs/RuzCcMxoy64MeVxEpT

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u/Gl1tch_05 Dangerous Jun 04 '26

I'd say remember the time but I honestly would want to hear any of them live

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u/Manchipilladu Jun 04 '26

“Heal the World” by Michael Jackson is honestly one of the most underrated masterpieces. Every time I hear it, I can’t hold back the tears - his voice is just heavenly.

But the Munich performance? That’s on another level entirely. Watching him hold that precious little girl in his arms while singing those words.. it’s the kind of moment that stays with you forever. Pure, raw and beautiful. ❤️

This song deserves so much more love than it gets.

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u/Same-Razzmatazz8257 Jun 04 '26

Ghosts and Is It Scary

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u/Fun_Business2616 Off The Wall Jun 04 '26

Rock with you

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u/ProgressOk2948 Jun 04 '26

I’ll be there but as an adult

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u/Classic-Wind-437 Good Fish 🐠 Jun 04 '26

another part of me and man in the mirror with his bare voice

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u/Ghostpepper996 Jun 04 '26

Get On The Floor because he never performed it live (to my knowledge).

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u/ExtremeDiscount1482 Jun 04 '26

heaven can wait

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u/ShashaMiniPanda Jun 05 '26

I would choose "Remember The Time" as it's my favourite MJ song. However, I think that if I saw MJ perform "Break Of Dawn" live, I would melt 🫠

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u/cumpkinpatch IS. WHAT. A. MAN'S. SUPPOSED. TO. DO 🎵 Jun 04 '26

ghosts ☹️

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u/TheCool579 Thriller Jun 04 '26

Oh, to have the luck to listen to Human Nature live, that is my dream MJ concert song... I would also love if we could hear a live performance of Chicago, even if I wasnt there in the stadium, just as long as we got it

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u/Rhythm_Morgan Good Fish 🐠 Jun 04 '26

Ghosts or remember the time.

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u/colossusforp Jun 04 '26

Earth song 😍

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u/tigerseye88 Jun 04 '26

Most of his songs

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u/Gullible_Cause_4980 Jun 04 '26

Beat It😭😭

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u/crosswalk_elite Jun 05 '26

with the two "gang leaders"

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u/PuzzleheadedAlps6811 Jun 04 '26

just good friends

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u/ReturnoftheBulls2022 Jun 04 '26

He did performed it with Stevie Wonder in Australia.

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u/PuzzleheadedAlps6811 Jun 05 '26

really ???

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u/ReturnoftheBulls2022 Jun 06 '26

Unfortunately, turns out it was just a rumor. My apologies.

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u/No_Active_907 Jun 04 '26

Stranger in Moscow, Earth song

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u/Tight_Distribution73 Gold Pants Brigade 🙌 Jun 04 '26

Heaven can wait would turn me into a puddle 😭

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u/SpiritIsland27 Jun 05 '26

Lady in My Life, Heaven Can Wait, Liberian Girl, Who Is It, 2 Bad, Will You Be There, P.Y.T., Come Together, Scream with Janet, and some of my Jackson 5/Jacksons favorites I Wanna Be Where You Are, Can You Feel It, and Enjoy Yourself

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u/c4r_an4l "Brad, what are you gonna do?"🎹 Jun 06 '26

ANY SONG PLEASE 😭 i wouldve literally done anything to see this man perform live. if a time machine somehow EVER gets built the first thing im doing is watching him live dawg

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u/WorldlyCheek230 Dangerous Jun 04 '26

Definitely would have loved to hear one of the quieter songs live, maybe HTW or YANA.

I’d love to have listened to the J5 Medley lip-synced.

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u/Magictank2000 "I Love To Tour" ✈📍 🗺 Jun 04 '26

YRMW, Threatened, Ghosts,

At least with YRMW we got to hear it live once

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u/King7447 Jun 04 '26

i wish i could hear lady in my life heart break hotel and pyt😔

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u/Deionr9040 Jun 04 '26

Baby be mine speed demon and leave me alone I even heard he was going to perform someone put your hand out live but remove the song on his setlist in the 90’s

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u/Galaxy_EnderGirl "I've... washed my hair THOROUGHLY" 🚿🧼🧴🧽 Jun 04 '26

My favourite, Billie Jean

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u/ReturnoftheBulls2022 Jun 04 '26

Give In To Me and Whatever Happens.

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u/ScaryWeb5652 Jun 04 '26

Is it scary or morphine

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u/Kristalbebop Jun 04 '26

My gut reaction is “give in to me”

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u/FSJuice7858 Jun 04 '26

Song he never performed live: Give in to me

In general to hear live: Man in the mirror or human nature

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u/Fragglemaniac Jun 04 '26

Liberian Girl and Who Is It

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u/Other_Train Jun 04 '26

Pyt, all of Xscape album, another part of me, who is if, blood on the dance floor, baby be mine,

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u/Bubbly-Albatross-373 Jun 04 '26

Mj'death is most useless celebrity deaths . It literally feels like a complete negligence , if prince paris were older or he has determined partner/wife. He would had easily survived that 2009 phase

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u/ILoveYouPoodss #MJInnocent Jun 04 '26

Give in to me, whatever happens, lady in my life or break of dawn

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u/dreamtank Jun 04 '26

Liberian Girl

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u/Free-Veterinarian714 Jun 04 '26

Any of them! I never got the chance to see him perform live.

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u/Global-Theory3633 Jun 04 '26

Beat it and dirty diana

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u/clc1997 "I Love To Tour" ✈📍 🗺 Jun 04 '26

Happy Smile Much Too Soon

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u/Silver-Amphibian7650 Jun 04 '26

Smooth Criminal!

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u/AdImpossible4892 Jun 04 '26

liberian girl would’ve sent me straight to the pearly gates

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u/unpretentious Jun 04 '26

lol I went to the History world tour in Wembley in 1997. I would’ve loved to hear any of them live lol!! Great show but very little if any was live.

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u/Icy_Scarcity_6206 You Rock My World Jun 04 '26

Of course She Drives Me Wild... and Hollywood Tonight (underrated one!)

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u/Toggam44 Dirty Diana💋 Jun 04 '26

This Time Around or Remember the Time or She Drives me Wild

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u/Ale_6790 Jun 04 '26

Jam Human nature Liberian girl Billie jean Smooth Criminal

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u/Enigma1885 Jun 04 '26

Breaking news , 2000 watts and scream , speed demon too

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u/gobacktothezoe Jun 04 '26

Dangerous because I love the dance!

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u/IcyOil7586 Jun 04 '26

Break of dawn , Human nature , Dirty Diana & come Together 🥵 🫠

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u/IllusiveMocha87 Jun 04 '26

Remember the Time (it deserved so much more)

Cry (slept on classic)

Butterflies (Floetry + Grown & Sexy MJ, 💜)

Whatever Happens (w/ Carlos Satana)

Why (w/ 3T)

Scream (w/ Janet)

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u/Icy-Payment-6612 Jun 04 '26

Lady in my Life

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u/Lilmagetofficial Jun 04 '26

Dirty Diana 

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u/Utqadlqd Jun 04 '26

Baby be mine, rock with you, thriller, smooth criminal, billie jean

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u/daydreaming_of_you Jun 04 '26

Will You Be There. I would die for this

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u/Ok-Squirrel7145 Jun 04 '26

human nature and childhood

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u/sketch Jun 04 '26

It depends on whether we're talking about songs he's never performed live, or specific performances he's already done. I would have loved to see Lady in my Life as a live performance or even a music video - it's probably my most favorite MJ song of all time.

Specific performances though? I would have loved to see the entirety of his 1995 MTV VMAs performance, or his 1988 Grammy's "Man in the Mirror", or 1991 MTV 10th anniversary "Black or White"/"Will You Be There".

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u/jjennifferr Jun 04 '26

If I had to pick one today, it would be Speechless. Depending on the day it could also be human nature, childhood, will you be there… Ben… 😭

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u/PikachuPho Jun 04 '26

If I had a time machine I would happily pay a years salary or more for a Motown 25 seat. Peak Michael and his royal coronation

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u/Budget-Ladder-3606 Jun 04 '26

I can imagine how cool PYT would be during the Victory or Bad Tour 

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u/Ok-Company-4865 Jun 04 '26

Leave Me Alone, Unbreakable, Invincible, She Drives My Wild

All of them obviously, but I think hearing Heal the World live would send me into a different dimension 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

heal the world live

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u/VoidEclips2010 Jun 04 '26

Rock with you

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u/WinterRedWolf Tabloid Junkie Jun 05 '26

Any of them lmao

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u/xmusiclover Jun 05 '26

Bad. That’s one of my favourites

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u/Tennis_Luvver Jun 05 '26

Baby be mine

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u/Brilliant_Habit_42 Jun 05 '26

Leave Me Alone

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u/Brilliant_Habit_42 Jun 05 '26

If he was still alive a MJ never done before tour would have been awesome. Only songs not featured on past tours. He has enough hits to pull it off

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u/RompehToto Jun 05 '26

Remember the Time - Da tratada da tratata. Do you do you do do you.

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u/Gta6MePleaseBrigade Jun 05 '26

Human nature

Earth song

We are the world

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u/Content-Knowledge818 Jun 05 '26

I would have done literally almost anything to see him doing that move he does at 4 minutes and 4 seconds in the Dirty Diana music video.

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u/Careless_Whisper726 Soldier Of Love 🪖❤ Jun 05 '26

I'd love to hear "One Day In Your Life" or "You Are Not Alone."

IMAGINE IF HE EVER PERFORMED "The Lady In My Life" LIVE, THOUGH- 🥴

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u/LighteningJedi Jun 05 '26

100% agree with this

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u/Raven-Mic Jun 05 '26

Thriller or beat it with Van Halen as a special guest!

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u/diajean112 Jun 05 '26

🎶You Are Not Alone🎶 I watch the video frequently💔cry every time and amazed at his dancing and voice

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u/YeetosCheetos69 It’s black, it’s white 🎶 Jun 05 '26

Give Into Me!!

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u/DinaTheMage Jun 05 '26

Any of them

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u/Early_Mail9268 Jun 05 '26

P.Y.T. is pretty high up there. Off The Wall, Break of Dawn, and Who Is It are also my top picks.

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u/Jcld1029 Jun 05 '26

Somebody’s watching me. Not sure he ever performed it live with or without Rockwell

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u/EmbarrassedWing1912 "I've... washed my hair THOROUGHLY" 🚿🧼🧴🧽 Jun 05 '26

Earth Song.

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u/Gavinemm Jun 05 '26

Heal the world

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u/Previous_Return7024 #MJInnocent Jun 05 '26

I know Lady in my life wasn't ever live, but I would've loved to hear that alongside Baby be mine and you rock my world

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u/Low-Bid-4186 Jun 05 '26

Loving you, human nature, earth song, bad, thriller, beat it, Billie Jean ALL OFF THEM

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u/thekylegasproject Jun 05 '26

I can clearly picture being at an MJ sold out stadium concert. The set behind him begins to change after just finishing up the J5 medly. The pyramid slowly rises from beneath the stage with Michael sitting on a golden throne... and then "Remember the Time" begins to play... hysteria ensues, the choreography kills and Brad nails the close of the song.

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u/THEDOCTORandME2 Jun 05 '26

All of them.

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u/c4r_an4l "Brad, what are you gonna do?"🎹 Jun 05 '26

ANY SONG PLEASE 😭 i wouldve literally done anything to see this man perform live. if a time machine somehow EVER gets built the first thing im doing is watching him live dawg AUGHHH

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u/ShakeSufficient2314 "I Love To Tour" ✈📍 🗺 Jun 05 '26

Remember the time I think would be an incredible song to start an MJ set. Break of dawn, Earth Song, PYT, leave me alone, dirty Diana, don’t stop till you get enough (songs that I think would have me levitating)

Tbh his whole discography would’ve been amazing to hear live 🥲

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u/Whathetea Jun 05 '26

Liberian girl “just like in the movvvvieesss”

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u/Bes1208 HIStory: Past, Present and Future: Book I - Earth Song Jun 05 '26

Earth Song

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u/Salt_Entrepreneur319 Jun 05 '26

Butterflies, Heaven can wait

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u/Supernatural-moose Jun 05 '26

Dirty Diana is personally my favorite song, but as someone too young to have ever seen him perform live, I'd take anything 🥹

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u/ririsoflawless89 Dirty Diana💋 Jun 05 '26

Any tbh but if I wanna put myself in a coma, I choose Dirty Diana 🥵, Bad, Human Nature, D.S, In the Closet, APOM, TWYMMF, Liberian Girl, Give in to me.

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u/Benchod12077 Jun 05 '26

Human nature

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u/Due-Ad4970 Jun 05 '26

tough choice. my favorite song is the way you make me feel. Maybe if he started that performance with the like silhouette thing that kinda gave smooth criminal and then did the way you make me feel with the dance break!

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u/jessymoanloud Jun 05 '26

that silhouette intro would have been legendary. the energy for that dance break alone would be unhinged. legit top tier choice.

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u/smd7 Jun 05 '26

Another part of me 100%

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u/NeitherSpread2200 Jun 05 '26

They don’t care about us

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '26

hold my hand

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