Artist	Song
Mariah Carey	I'll Be There
from #1's (1998)
Alien Ant Farm	Smooth Criminal
from ANThology (2001)
Chris Cornell	Billie Jean
from Carry On (2007)
Gloria Gaynor	Never Can Say Goodbye
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gloria Gaynor (2000)
Fall Out Boy	Beat It (feat. John Mayer)
from Beat It (feat. John Mayer) - Single (2008)
David Ruffin	I Want You Back
from The Unreleased Album (2004)
Isaac Hayes	Never Can Say Goodbye
from Isaac Hayes: Greatest Hits Singles (2006)
Ginuwine	She's Out of My Life
from 100% Ginuwine (1999)
Ian Brown	Thriller
from Golden Greats (2005)
Miles Davis	Human Nature
from Miles Davis: Super Hits (2001)
Troop	All I Do Is Think of You
from Attitude (2010)
Graham Parker	I Want You Back
from The Real Macaw (1983)
Chaka Khan	Got to Be There
from Rhino Hi-Five: Chaka Khan - EP (2005)
Brandy, Heavy D & The Boyz & Quincy Jones	Rock With You
from Q's Jook Joint (2005)
Boyz II Men featuring Claudette Ortiz	Human Nature
from Throwback (2004)

Comment:

How big is Michael Jackson’s impact on pop? Just look at the range and depth of artists who’re dying to try their hand at his hits. Former Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell de-funked “Billie Jean” and shot it through with the blues, reinventing the song so dramatically that when [i]American Idol[/i] finalist David Cook performed Jackson’s song, it was Cornell’s version he turned to for inspiration. Miles Davis pays Michael a legend-to-legend compliment, substituting a double-dry-martini trumpet for Jackson’s vocal in a cool-school jazz reading of “Human Nature.” Ex-Temptation David Ruffin was almost 30 when he cut “I Want You Back”; Michael was only 11 when the Jackson 5’s version hit the charts. Even though both had the benefit of the Hit Factory’s Funk Brothers backing them, Ruffin’s version is, well, [i]manned-up[/i] in a way that only experience — which Jackson would later gain — can bring. Don’t stop there, though: from Fall Out Boy to Mariah Carey, when it comes to Michael Jackson being covered, we’ve got [i]you[/i] covered.

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