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Michael Jackson — Beat It
Album: Thriller
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Total ratings: 187









Released: 1983
Length: 4:15
Plays (last 30 days): 0
They told him, "Don't you ever come around here
Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear"
The fire's in their eyes and their words are really clear
So beat it, just beat it

You better run, you better do what you can
Don't wanna see no blood, don't be a macho man
You wanna be tough, better do what you can
So beat it, but you wanna be bad

Just beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it)
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it
Just beat it, beat it

They're out to get you, better leave while you can
Don't wanna be a boy, you wanna be a man
You wanna stay alive, better do what you can
So beat it, just beat it

You have to show them that you're really not scared
You're playin' with your life, this ain't no truth or dare
They'll kick you, then they'll beat you, then they'll tell you it's fair
So beat it, but you wanna be bad

Just beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it)
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it)
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it (beat it, beat it)
Beat it (beat it, beat it)
Beat it (beat it, beat it)
Beat it (beat it, beat it)
Beat it (beat it, beat it)

Beat it, (beat it) beat it, (beat it)
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or who's right

Just beat it, (beat it) beat it, (beat it)
No one wants to be defeated (Oh Lord)
Showin' how funky strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, (beat it) beat it, (beat it)
No one wants to be defeated (Oh no)
Showin' how funky strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right

Just beat it, (beat it) beat it, (beat it)
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or who's right

Just beat it, (beat it) beat it, (beat it)
Comments (47)add comment
 aelfheld wrote:

This song should beat it from the playlist.

It's aged about as badly as he had.



thumbs down but funny first part
 laup wrote:

JUST EAT IT!
one of weird als best!



Michael Jackson's is better. 
I think all should listen to this you can listen to it at https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ








































































































YOU GOT RICKROLLED
RIP Eddie.  
Watch the official video
Inspired by "West Side Story"
EVH adds
JUST EAT IT!
one of weird als best!
Got PSD'd here from the New Pornographers. I'm not upset. 
Thank God for the PSD button.

Yes! Nice surprise...
Sweet memories of the 80's...
But its not more than that...
Okay.... Here's the deal...

When this came on, for a brief moment, I thought I was accidentally listening to something other than Radio Paradise.

Truthfully, MJ is a guilty pleasure, and Bill gets credit for mixing one of the most "pop" songs in with everything else on here.

Cheers,

Sterling
WOW! I just checked Bill's webcam, and could have sworn I saw him doing the moonwalk in the studio.............. {#Bananasplit}

(PS Where is the moonwalking banana emoticon...?!!)
 thewiseking wrote:
couldn't stand it then or now. as for the blockbuster video, the whole androgynous 90 pound freak portraying a tough guy thing was beyond absurd.
 
somebody needs to take a {#Chillpill}

Wow ... I just checked out Wikipedia's list of best selling albums worldwide ...

This one sold 110 million copies —- over twice as many as the next one on the list, Back in Black.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide

 RadioDoc wrote:

I agree, there is much better Jackson material that RP could be playing. 
 
Me three! So many MJ tunes so much better than this one.

couldn't stand it then or now. as for the blockbuster video, the whole androgynous 90 pound freak portraying a tough guy thing was beyond absurd.
Fun ... poppy ... the sound of an era.  The comment thread is interesting.  One can only imagine what it would have looked like had Bill played this a year ago.
i forgot that this song had a guitar jam. SWEET! Reminds me of being 13 and calling girls a fox. Keep mixin it up
Might have been a nice stroll down memory lane were it not for the Jacksonian death frenzy of—what has it been?—the last year and a half. What? The post-mortem orgy has only been going on since June 25th? Wow, it seems like a year and a half. Or forever.
 weevilkinevil wrote:
Wow— MJ on RP?  Excellent!
Yeah! How about "Don't Stop" next time?

This one might just win an award as #1 Hater-bait.
I don't think I have seen a song's rating drop so fast in such a short time.

I gave it a 9.
WTF??  {#Eh}
I had to restart this to make sure I really had RP on or if some malicious virus redirected me to a pop station. This sucks
no one wants to be defeated...
Man, this just screams 'early 1980s'.

I agree, there is much better Jackson material that RP could be playing.  I could go for the next 25 years not hearing this again.

cant help but hear weird al on this one.

How come youre always such a fussy young man?
Dont want no captain crunch, dont want no raison bran
Well, dont you know that other kids are starving in japan
So eat it, just eat it


Oh yeah! I'm no MJ fan but this kicks some @$$!!!
Strangely cool.  :-)
Heck yesssssss.
Didn't like it then. Don't like it now, no matter how tortured he was. Not for me. Rather it was not played, but volume controls work.


Are you kidding?!!

Awesome!!

Oh, the memories.
This song should beat it from the playlist.

It's aged about as badly as he had.

 CatFitz wrote:
I'd much rather hear Weird Al's 'Eat It.'
 
Me too!!

PLEASE STOP IT.  SERIOUSLY!!!


This is a nice surprise.
I'd much rather hear Weird Al's 'Eat It.'
Just when I thought this set couldn't get any worse...

not a big MJ fan.... but this just made my day !! (9 for sure)
Wow— MJ on RP?  Excellent!

Thank you MJ, you brilliant, tortured soul, for all you gave us.
Rest In Peace.
 keller1 wrote:

This was 1983 ... Eddie Van Halen meets Motown ... absolutely destroyed what was left of race barriers in pop music by taking it mainstream.

And a great fargin tune to boot.

Ok, Bill, now we need Don"t Stop Til You Get Enough.

 
I second you on 'Don't Stop', that song f*ing rocks

This was 1982 ... Eddie Van Halen meets Motown ... absolutely destroyed what was left of race barriers in pop music by taking it mainstream.

And a great fargin tune to boot.

Bill, you're doing a great job —- Don"t Stop Til You Get Enough would make it a grand slam.




 cayenne wrote:
This!! This is what I want to remember Michael for.

Edited to add: I remember listening to this at top volume (in my crappy Mazda RX3, remember those?) in the summer when I was 19. That means he was only 22 or 23 when this came out.
 
Wankel on my friend, Wankel on.
 cayenne wrote:
This!! This is what I want to remember Michael for.

 

This is okay. Great (if rather sterile) production by Quincy. Great guitar riff wrestled down into bland safety. Meh. What you want to remember Michael for is the VOICE. And he had it as a teenager, mostly. "I'll Be There" is more a monument than this ever will be.
Throughout it all, nothing could tarnish Thriller...
Thanks, MJ.
This!! This is what I want to remember Michael for.

Edited to add: I remember listening to this at top volume (in my crappy Mazda RX3, remember those?) in the summer when I was 19. That means he was only 22 or 23 when this came out.


Thanks Bill for giving airplay to MJ.....like you say...great contribution to the world. Sad Day!
We should all dance around....this is such a great song! Love MJ

What a life. Amazing, sad, inspiring, strange... So many contrasting adjectives come to mind.

I looked for an emoticon, but nothing fits.

RIP