According to a new poll by British radio network BBC Radio 2 it’s officially the “greatest dance record” in history: Michael Jackson’s Grammy Award-winner “Billie Jean”, released back in 1983.

The track is, says host Zoe Ball, an absolute dancefloor killer.

“I’m delighted that ‘Billie Jean’ has been voted the greatest dance record ever made. This is Jackson at his best,” Ball reckons. “This track is way up there for me – Jacko’s rendition of it at the Motown 25th anniversary show has got to be one of the great live performances of all time. I can remember hearing this at the Boutique club night in Brighton and the place would go crazy. The bassline is awesome, the production is killer. It’s just perfect.”

In the poll – voted by thousands of UK music fans – Jackson beat out  Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” and James Brown’s “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine” into second and third places.

The top ten songs are:

1. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson

2. I Feel Love - Donna Summer

3. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine – James Brown

4. Strings Of Life – Rhythim Is Rhythim

5. Where Love Lives – Alison Limerick

6. Keep On Movin – Soul II Soul

7. Can You Feel It – Fingers Inc.

8. Big Fun – Inner City

9. Theme From S-Express – S-Express

10. Key To My Happiness – The Charades