Michael Jackson — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 116 songs across 12 albums by Michael Jackson. They use 2,171 unique words out of 15,925 (lexical richness MATTR 0.59), with an average of 137 content words per song. Emotional tone: 37% of songs positive, 51% neutral, 12% negative.
Most used words by Michael Jackson
- love (401)
- baby (233)
- girl (223)
- know (214)
- make (189)
- stop (173)
- let (165)
- bad (158)
- take (155)
- give (151)
- come (144)
- time (133)
- day (125)
- one (121)
- way (121)
- want (120)
- night (117)
- world (113)
- keep (113)
- away (112)
Signature phrases
- “alone leave alone” (32)
- “leave alone leave” (32)
- “force stop stop” (32)
- “keep force stop” (32)
- “sa ma ma” (31)
- “hold hand” (31)
- “stop stop enough” (30)
- “remember time” (30)
- “make feel” (28)
- “stop enough keep” (27)
Colors in the lyrics
- blue (33)
- black (14)
- white (9)
- gray (1)
Albums analyzed
- Got to Be There (1972)
- Ben (1972)
- Music & Me (1973)
- Forever, Michael (1975)
- Off the Wall (1979)
- Thriller (1982)
- Bad (1987)
- Dangerous (1991)
- HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
- Invincible (2001)
- Michael (2010)
- Xscape (2014)