Beat It - Michael Jackson - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Dipping his toes in rockier waters than his previous poptastic efforts, Michael Jackson enlisted the axe-wielding skills of world-class guitarist Eddie Van Halen – for free, as the story goes – on "Beat It," and scored of of the most enduring songs in the modern pop canon. Picking up the 1984 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, as well as two American Music Awards, "Beat It" channeled Michael Jackson’s aversion to violence ("You have to show them that you're really not scared (Ooh!) / You're playin' with your life, this ain't no truth or dare (Ooh!) / 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") on the third single from his sixth solo album, Thriller (1982). A platinum-selling single in the US, “Beat It” also swept the charts in Europe, reaching Number 1 in Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands.