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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| 01/14/2026 19:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,143 | 70/100 | |
| 01/14/2026 04:13 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 | |
| 12/11/2025 20:23 |  katerpillar | 2,062 | 77/100 | |
| 12/07/2025 17:56 | willtoshower | 401 | 74/100 | |
| 11/23/2025 07:00 | acematt51090 | 3,931 | 76/100 |
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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 89.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.0.
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Squonk007 07/02/2021 13:42 | #271251
Great song, great guitar.
teague 06/28/2021 02:57 | #271110
I was never really a HUGE fan of Eddie Van Halen, but I always thought this solo was super cool. And then I realized it's because the rest of the song is so lame it immediately makes the solo sound like the most badass thing in the world. Like a bully in a Disney Channel movie.
Pop/rock masterpiece
Out of this world ...
VictorVale 12/14/2018 16:16 | #227067
Uma linha de baixo e aquele solo de guitarra para não deixar ninguém parado!
Great song, Eddie's solo is an all-time great.
Tamthebam 02/20/2017 23:03 | #186038
A great song not as strong as Billie Jean but one of his best.
tgarritsen 12/03/2016 22:59 | #179532
Energetic and powerfull song
My favourite song by Michael Jackson. And it has an awesome music video.
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.
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