 Rolling Stone placed the song at # 58 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ( 2010 ) . Billie Jean was voted number 2 in the ' The Nation 's Favourite Number 1 Single " , a British TV programme airing on ITV on 21 July 2012 . The British public had to choose their favourite number one from the past 60 years of music . " Bohemian Rhapsody " by Queen was voted the favourite . In a similar poll in 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation 's second favourite 1980s number one , being beaten to first place by " Every Breath You Take " by The Police . 
