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| Header ▾ | |
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| Song Title | Beat it |
| Artist | Michael Jackson |
| Image Artist | ![]() |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Thriller |
| Image Album | ![]() |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4:18 |
| Dur Grp | 4:00-4:29 |
| Year | 1982 |
| Decade | 1980-1989 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 138 BPM Spotify |
| BPM Grp | 135-139 |
| Umbrella | 120+ |
| Key | Ebm |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Minor |
| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | Ending Fade out |
| Rec Tag 2 | No 1st inversion |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 2 | With BGV lyrics |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/oRdxUFDoQe0?t=190 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Guitar (Electric) |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | EG |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | AMA - Favorite Video (Pop/Rock) |
| Awards 2 | AMA - Favorite Video (Soul/R&B) |
| Awards 3 | Grammy - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance |
| Awards 4 | Grammy - Record of the Year |
| Awards 5 | Presidential Award |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Song of the Year |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Platinum |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/michaeljackson/beatit.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Michael Jackson |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ Showin' how funky and strong is your fight / It doesn't matter who's wrong or right |
| Explanation | ✱ Portrays social confrontation and street conflict as a physical struggle for dominance and strength. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Civil:War |
| MTag 2 | Body:Action:Movement |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | i-bVII-i-bVII-bVI-bVII-i-bVII |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | i-bVII-i-bVII |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Progr Category 1 | i-bVI-bVII |
| Used Chords# Fam | 3 |
| Chord Fam Prog | i, bVI, bVII |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Aeolian |
| Mode 1 Chrds | i - Minor, iv - Minor, v - Minor |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hnph2UC75SlCfQdVpF2rZ?si=7bb6f0b4584f4140 |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9sopW9fA9Thpm4gjTBNITt7umbhs-1v8 |
| Visual | ![]() |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 51 |
| Mel Cmplx | 47 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 22 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 47 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 54 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 50-59 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 20-29 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 40-49 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 50-59 |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 78 |
| Spot-Energy | 87 |
| Spot-Valance | 92 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 70-79 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 80-89 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 90+ |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | Thriller (Michael Jackson) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G9VZHe9-T4Z3-QVALyK_GN09NyXzJu8p/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 2 | The Michael Jackson collection (Michael Jackson) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 2) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/12m4geZjIN1uRidvNVleC7iNLe5SGBiKV/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 3 | 100 Great Pop Songs (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 3) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTknWctgVfijFo4xnslfSBDeKNYfbmgR/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 29 (Thriller) |
| SB Page 2 | 4 (The Michael Jackson collection) |
| SB Page 3 | 18 (100 Great Pop Songs) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Hard Rock |
| Style 2 | Dance Rock |



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