"Leave Me Alone" by Michael Jackson

The most successful of the uber-talented Jackson family, Michael has been giving the charts a beating since his debut in 1971 when "Got To Be There" hit #4. His first of an astonishing thirteen #1 hits was the unlikely "Ben," the title song from a bizarre movie sequel about a pet killer rat.

Michael's streak of smash hits in the 80s has earned him the #1 rank for most successful artist of that decade (he ranks #6 of all-time). Having sold over 66 million copies, his album "Thriller" remains the bestselling album in history.

A lot of people might be surprised to see "Leave Me Alone" being featured here, but believe it or not, this song never charted in the US. "Leave Me Alone" was a CD bonus track and not released as a single in the US. When the video was released in 1987, Michael was already a dominating force on the chart. His record "Bad" yielded a record-breaking five consecutive #1 singles that year, and in 1988 "Another Part Of Me" reached #11 and "Smooth Criminal" hit #7.

Michael's career began a slow fade in the 90s, in part due to his strange behavior and allegations of child molestation. Sadly, this legendary artist died of cardiac arrest from dubiously prescribed drugs in 2009 at the age of 50.