Michael Jackson‘s “Billie Jean” deeply impressed an important ... Everything in that song was catchy, and every instrument was playing a different hook. You could separate it into 12 ...

But in the meantime, Michael Jackson had the MTV dance-floor ... despite the fact that “Billie Jean” was a bigger hit song. “Beat It” also represented another step in Jackson’s master ...

Could it maybe even be Taylor Swift’s “Billie Jean”? OK, that last hypothetical ... Swift has generated any songs worthy of that Michael Jackson–level cultural footprint.