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Beat It

original song written, composed, and performed by Michael Jackson
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Summary

Beat It is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.0052% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,835 views/month, #1 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: single[3]
  • Composer: Michael Jackson[4]
  • Genre: hard rock[5], dance-rock[6], funk rock[7]
  • Performer: Michael Jackson[8]
  • Place of publication: United States[9]
  • Part of: Thriller[10], Michael Jackson singles discography[11]
  • Language of work or name: English[12]
  • Distribution format: vinyl record[13]
  • Publication date: February 1983[14]
  • Tracklist: Beat It[15]
  • Lyricist: Michael Jackson[16]
  • Significant event: 26th Annual Grammy Awards[17]
  • Title: Beat It[18]
  • Different from: Beat It[19]
  • Number of parts of this work: 2 audio track[20]
  • Form of creative work: song[21]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8fc1410a-81ac-342b-ae0a-66b9102c141a[23]

Why It Matters

Beat It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Thriller United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Beat It. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/beat-it
MLA “Beat It.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/beat-it.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_beat-it_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Beat It}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/beat-it}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14526 → 1190-01 1190-01
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14526: 1190-01 1190-01"
  2. 19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Recording or performance of → Q139809138
    Bmi work id → 94886
    Secondhandsongs work id → 19508
    Iswc → T-070.232.940-5
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14495: 13431"
  3. 23w ago · Xeroctic · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv tropes id → Music/BeatIt
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Tv tropes id: Music/BeatIt"
  4. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson
    Form of creative work → song
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T0702329405, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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