#19 of VJ Samsonite's Top 100 80's Dance Hits Countdown: 'P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)' by Michael Jackson (1982)

Welcome back 80s fans! We are down to the final 19 of the Top 100 80's Dance Hits Countdown... and #19 is the 1982 song P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), by The former King of Pop Michael Jackson. That officially makes it the 3rd Michael Jackson song to appear in the Top 100 countdown and to give you some hints it won't be the last..it is just an inevitability that Jackson songs will end up in any 80's countdown as he produced such a prolific portfolio of great 80's pop-music, and he was the King of Pop for a good reason after all. P.Y.T. came off of the also legendary 1982 Thriller album, which I am sure I've stated in past posts is the the best-selling album of all time, with sales estimated to be somewhere around 65 and 110 million copies globally, and it also remains the best-selling album in the United States. Thus, most of you are no doubt familiar with this song, and when it comes to the rest of the Top 100 Countdown the songs that remain are probably ones most of you will already know which makes the final 20 actually less exciting to post :-( P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) was the 6th single release from the album which peaked at #10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and at #11 on the UK Singles Chart. Also, according to the wikipedia page, Janet and La Toya Jackson provided backing vocals in this song. So there is #19, and I suppose I should speed this process up a bit and publish them quicker but it all depends on when I get down to it, so stay with me, we will get through them all.