Beat It (track)
by Michael Jackson
Beat It appears on the following album(s) by Michael Jackson:
- Thriller (track #5) (this album) (1982)
- HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I (track #10) (1995)
- The Ultimate Collection (track #23) (compilation) (2004)
- The Essential Michael Jackson (track #16) (compilation) (2005)
- Number Ones (track #4) (compilation) (2003)
- This Is It (track #9) (compilation) (2009)
- Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume 1 (track #10) (compilation) (2001)
- King Of Pop (track #3) (compilation) (2008)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 1 minute ago | Exist-en-ciel | 179,539 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2026 19:41 | emiro | 1,803 | 89/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 20:59 | araidernomore | 5,115 | 78/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 90.1/100, a mean average of 89.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.0.
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Love this song. Michael Jackson shows how versatile his voice is with some angry, powerful singing. Then you have the distinct guitar riffs that get topped off with an insane guitar solo.
Great song, Eddie's solo is an all-time great.
VictorVale 12/14/2018 16:16 | #227067
Uma linha de baixo e aquele solo de guitarra para não deixar ninguém parado!
tgarritsen 12/03/2016 22:59 | #179532
Energetic and powerfull song
Out of this world ...
