5. Rock With You

"Rock with You" is one of the earliest music videos I remember watching. It doesn't have much of a premise to it but that doesn't matter. Michael performs solo as a teen dressed in a sequent jumpsuit as he's paraded around a series of back grounds including rolling marbles and early special effects that helped the psychedelic nature of the video. "Rock With You" become more of an experience than a simple video.

4. Billie Jean

"Billie Jean" is historic not just because it was one of the most popular music videos of all time on MTV, but because it was what Jackson danced to in the Motown 25 in 1983 where he set the world on fire with a dazzling performance that showed off who Jackson was and also introduced us to the moon walk, a dance move that would be copied for decades by fans, little kids, and general pop culture alike. The music video is also one that paints Jackson as a larger than life presence and you can't deny it's what Jackson excelled at.

3. Bad

"Bad" is one of the second attempts at a music video that tells a story and surely enough it works. Here Jackson uses his raucous ode to bad assery to tell the story of a young man being forced in to a life of crime by his friends who declare that he's not enough of a man to join in on crime. Jackson then proves them wrong by--well---showing how bad he is by dancing the hell out of them and showing he has just as much and maybe even balls than any of them can even hope for. Truly it's one of Jackson's best.

2. Rockin' Robin

Covered in 1972, Bobby Day's hit single was covered by a young Michael Jackson who propelled the single to hit status yet again. Jackson's evolution of his soulful voice is clearly defined as he shouts through most of the song and injects his unabashed enthusiasm and showmanship in what was one of the better songs young Michael Jackson ever sang.

1. Thriller

No one did it as well as Jackson did and the proof is "Thriller" a 1982 epic record that implemented old school horror movie clichés and followed it with Jackson's magnificent showmanship and his knack for presenting his characters as larger than life. Directed by John Landis, "Thriller" is about all of our childhood fears and scares when applied to movies and telling a good horror story. This video was packed with talent including Rick Baker on special effects and Vincent Price narrating giving the MTV generation one of the greatest music videos ever made, and it's definitely my favorite of all time. Horror geekery aside, "Thriller" features one of the greatest dance sequences with Jackson fully made up as a zombie dancing with the walking dead and touches on what fun can be had when submit yourself to horror fandom. It's a force of nature, just like Jackson was.