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4 unusual facts about Beat It


Bounce Streetdance Company

The company recently staged a street dance tribute to Michael Jackson's "Beat It", which subsequently became a runaway YouTube success.

Santo Niño de Atocha

In Michael Jackson's video for "Beat It", there is a picture of the Santo Niño above his bed.

System 15000

Advertisements for System 15000 challenged gamers to "Beat It", in reference to the Michael Jackson hit from 1983.

Toronto Rocks

All the way from Michael Jackson's "Beat It", Van Halen's "Jump", Yes' "Owner of a Lonely Heart", to the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and other songs released in the 1980s by artists who became commercially popular during the decade.


Cassius Henry

Two coaches, Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue elected for Henry to join their teams—with Henry selecting Jessie J. During the battle rounds, Henry sung "Beat It", originally by Michael Jackson, against twenty-nine-year-old David Faulkner—with Jessie crowning him the winner.

Drastic Measures

One of the first rock videos (along with "Beat It" and "New Frontier") to be blown up to 35mm film and exhibited in movie theaters as a trailer, the music video for "Fight Fire With Fire," directed by Dominic Orlando, was released theatrically across the USA in 1983 as a short subject with Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish.

Konsert Lentera Timur

During the break, her supporting musicians took the center stage and performed "Beat It" by Michael Jackson, adding a traditional Malay flavour.

Lawrence Bridges

He became an editor of music videos, most notably with director Bob Giraldi for Michael Jackson's "Beat It", and director Joe Pytka for "Dirty Diana", and "The Way You Make Me Feel".


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