| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’- recording engineer and mixer:
- Bruce Swedien
- drum machine programming and co-producer:
- Michael Jackson
- producer:
- Quincy Jones
- electric bass guitar:
- Louis Johnson
- flugelhorn and trumpet:
- Gary Grant and Jerry Hey
- flute and saxophone:
- Larry Williams
- foot stomps [bathroom stomp board]:
- Nelson Hayes, Michael Jackson and Steven Ray
- guitar:
- David Williams
- percussion:
- Paulinho da Costa
- Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
- Greg Phillinganes
- synthesizer:
- Michael Boddicker and Bill Wolfer
- trombone:
- Bill Reichenbach, Jr.
- background vocals:
- Bunny Hull, James Ingram, Michael Jackson, Becky Lopez, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters and Oren Waters
- lead vocals:
- Michael Jackson
- horn and percussion arranger:
- Michael Jackson
- horn arranger:
- Jerry Hey
- percussion arranger:
- Quincy Jones
- wind instruments arranger:
- Jerry Hey and Michael Jackson
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- MJJ Productions Inc. (in 1982)
- recorded at:
- Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1982)
- samples:
- Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango
- recording of:
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- lyricist and composer:
- Michael Jackson
- publisher:
- Byefall Productions, Inc. and Sony/ATV Harmony
- quotes lyrics from:
- Soul Makossa
- part of:
- MJ: The Musical
- part of:
- MJ: The Musical
| Michael Jackson | 6:03 |
| 2 | Baby Be Mine | Michael Jackson | 4:21 |
| 3 | The Girl Is Mine | Michael Jackson with Paul McCartney | 3:42 |
| 4 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | 5:58 |
| 5 | Beat It | Michael Jackson | 4:18 |
| 6 | Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | 4:54 |
| 7 | Human Nature | Michael Jackson | 4:06 |
| 8 | P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)- recording engineer and mixer:
- Bruce Swedien
- synthesizer programming:
- Greg Phillinganes
- producer:
- Quincy Jones
- drums (drum set):
- Leon Ndugu Chancler
- electric bass guitar:
- Louis Johnson
- guitar:
- Paul Jackson, Jr.
- handclaps:
- James Ingram, Michael Jackson, Greg Phillinganes and Steven Ray
- handclaps and keyboard and keyboard:
- James Ingram
- handclaps and synthesizer and synthesizer:
- Greg Phillinganes
- vocoder:
- Michael Boddicker
- additional background vocals:
- Howard Hewett and James Ingram
- background vocals:
- Bunny Hull, Janet Jackson, LaToya Jackson and Becky Lopez
- lead vocals:
- Michael Jackson
- arranger:
- James Ingram and Quincy Jones
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- MJJ Productions Inc. (in 1982)
- recorded at:
- Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1982)
- recording of:
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- writer:
- James Ingram and Quincy Jones
- publisher:
- Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Yellowbrick Road Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, フジパシフィック音楽出版 BMG事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
| Michael Jackson | 3:59 |
| 9 | The Lady in My Life | Michael Jackson | 5:00 |
