I'm a poller not a fighter : MJ duets POLL

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I thought about this while listening to "just good friends" this morning and thinking that although it wasn't great in any way, I had a soft spot for it then comparing it with MJ's other duets, thinking it was (almost) my favourite. I haven't included the thriller reedition bonus garbage but have included some Jacksons' stuff. so let's see.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Scream w/ Janet	9
Say, Say, Say w/ Paul McCartney	9
Somebody's watching me w/ Rockwell	7
The Man w/ Paul McCartney	2
State pf Shock w/ Mick Jagger	1
Whatzupwitu w/ Eddie Murphy	1
Ease On Down The Road w/Diana Ross	1
I just can't stop loving you w/Siedah Garrett	1
Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin w/ Jermaine Jackson	1
It's the Fallin In Love w/ Patti Austin	1
The Girl Is Mine w/ Paul McCartney	1
Just Good Friends w/ Stevie Wonder	0
What Ever Happens w/ Carlos Santana	0
Eaten Alive w/ Diana Ross	0
There Must Be More To Life Than This w/ Freddie Mercury	0

― AleXTC, Friday, 7 August 2009 15:58 (sixteen years ago)

I've never heard many of these since I've just found out about them while searching the net for this poll...
I'm hesitating between "fallin in love", "say, say, say" and "somebody's watching me"...

― AleXTC, Friday, 7 August 2009 16:01 (sixteen years ago)

"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'" is massively underrated; is it b/c it's hard to find? But I had to go for "Say Say Say."

― Anatomy of a Morbius (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 August 2009 16:01 (sixteen years ago)

Rockwell. Kind of by default as most of these are terrible. MJ may have been many things, but he never had much in the way of chemistry with other non-Jackson performers. Somebody's Watching Me works because he's kind of a distant presence in the chorus alone.

― Matt DC, Friday, 7 August 2009 16:04 (sixteen years ago)

yeah, I kinda hesitated to include it in the poll since I feel it's not really a duet...

― AleXTC, Friday, 7 August 2009 16:07 (sixteen years ago)

Whatzupwitu w/ Eddie Murphy

ftr this is one of the worst songs ever recorded and has an incredibly terrible video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yoIkQFuF6g

― I am over wieght and I have angelical quilities (HI DERE), Friday, 7 August 2009 16:11 (sixteen years ago)

ahahah. this one I'd never heard about, for instance !

― AleXTC, Friday, 7 August 2009 16:12 (sixteen years ago)

Don't really know many of these, but MJ's vocals on 'Say Say Say' are pretty fine.

― Ismael Klata, Friday, 7 August 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)

it's the falling in love

(but i like a lot of these)

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 7 August 2009 16:24 (sixteen years ago)

I've skipped Rockwell b/c it's not really a duet, and going with "I just Can't Stop Loving You". Here's my best defense right now: the intense talked opening makes clear that this is no ordinary love, and the rest of the song is backing away from that emotional cliff, the gloss trying but failing to convince that you've misunderstood him. Really, I voted for it because I love singing the chorus; trying to sing both parts is stoopid fun.

― deep olives (Euler), Friday, 7 August 2009 16:34 (sixteen years ago)

Very nice, Euler. I should have voted for "I Just Can't Stop Loving You."

― Anatomy of a Morbius (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 August 2009 16:35 (sixteen years ago)

"scream"

― damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Friday, 7 August 2009 16:37 (sixteen years ago)

yeah probably Scream for me too, since his death that somehow seems extra charged. plus cool video.

― sonderangerbot, Friday, 7 August 2009 16:51 (sixteen years ago)

Can't really narrow it down much further from these five:

Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin w/ Jermaine Jackson
I just can't stop loving you w/Siedah Garrett
Ease On Down The Road w/Diana Ross
State of Shock w/ Mick Jagger
Scream w/ Janet

― sir-mounter (Eric H.), Friday, 7 August 2009 17:02 (sixteen years ago)

of those five, I'd go with Siedah

― I am over wieght and I have angelical quilities (HI DERE), Friday, 7 August 2009 17:03 (sixteen years ago)

is 'whatever happens' really a duet? i don't remember santana singing on it.

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 7 August 2009 17:10 (sixteen years ago)

i don't even know if dude sings

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 7 August 2009 17:10 (sixteen years ago)

he sings with his GUITAR

― I am over wieght and I have angelical quilities (HI DERE), Friday, 7 August 2009 17:11 (sixteen years ago)

sure he does

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Friday, 7 August 2009 17:13 (sixteen years ago)

"The Man". Although generally, duets rarely got the best out of him. Most of these tracks are surprisingly mediocre compared to most of his output.

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 8 August 2009 08:32 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 13 September 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

"Ease On Down the Road"

― Random trolling, brutal snubs, darted zings & decisive bans (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 14 September 2009 07:12 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 14 September 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

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