Beat It
#7 on The 100 Greatest Music Videos of the 1980s →Written by Michael Jackson for Thriller, with a guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen. The music video features Jackson bringing two gangs together through music and dance.
Quincy Jones had one request: the album needed a rock song. Michael Jackson went home and wrote "Beat It" in response, crafting a track aimed straight…
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