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Beat It
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Performed by Michael Jackson
Year 1983
Appears in Guitar Hero World Tour
Tier/DLC
★★★★ (Expert)
★★★★★ (Expert)

Beat It is one of Michael Jackson's most recognizable songs. It can be found on the 1983 album Thriller.

Beat It - Single

Beat It Single Artwork.

Appears In[]

Guitar Hero World Tour

This song appears as a Master Track.

Tiers (career)


Guitar - 12. Will Heilm's Keep (England) (encore)

Bass - 1. Pang Tang Bay (Hong Kong) (encore)

Drums - 1. Wilted Orchid (Sweden) (encore)

Vocals - 17. Times Square (New York City) (encore)

Band - 9. Strutter's Farm (Kentucky)


Creation[]

"Beat It" was written by Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones, in December, 1982. Jackson wanted to write the type of rock song that he would go out and buy, but also something that stood out from the music he heard on Top 40 Radio. The result was a throbbing dance single with a fingers flying guitar solo provided by Eddie Van Halen.

Walkthrough[]

Generally easy on all instruments. The drum part is repetitive, but simple and the bass part is one of the easiest of any of the songs in Guitar Hero World Tour (there are barely any notes).

The vocals can be easy or not so easy, depending on how well you can sing. Unless you play on Easy or Beginner, the vocals may not be what they seem. This song is the final encore in the Vocal career, rather than Hot For Teacher and B.Y.O.B. Those of which are usually not easy at all. If a score of 123,450 is achieved on this instrument, the player gets the secret achievement called Mike Checka', worth 30G.

The guitar part has two complex, yet short slide solos; broken up with a hammer on part, ending off with an alt-strumming section. The slide solos are easily mastered with quick fingers and practice. The rest of the song is composed of the same riffs.

Video[]

 	Guitar_Hero_World_Tour_Beat_It_Expert_Full_Band_(Tribute_To_Michael_Jackson) 	 			  


Eddie_Van_Halen_-_Beat_It_Solo-0

Eddie Van Halen - Beat It Solo-0

Eddie Van Halen's amazing Beat It Guitar Solo

Trivia[]

  • Depending on your performance during the song, your vocalist may start dancing to the choreography during the final chorus, as seen in the music video - he/she may also be seen moonwalking during the guitar solo as well.
  • This is only song to appear as an encore song in all four solo careers.
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Livin' on a Prayer · About a Girl (Unplugged) · Mountain Song
Wilted Orchid (Sweden)
Beautiful Disaster · Obstacle 1 · The One I Love
Bone Church (Poland)
Some Might Say · Today · What I've Done
Pang Tang Bay (Hong Kong)
Band on the Run · You're Gonna Say Yeah · Up Around the Bend · No Sleep till Brooklyn
Amoeba Records (Los Angeles)
The Joker · Freak on a Leash · Misery Business · Hotel California
Tool (USA)
Parabola · Schism · Vicarious
Swamp Shack (Louisiana)
Eye of the Tiger · Spiderwebs · One Way or Another · Do it Again · Stillborn
Rock Brigade (The Pacific)
The Middle · Hey Man, Nice Shot · Feel the Pain · Dammit · Everlong
Strutter's Farm (Kentucky)
Heartbreaker · American Woman · Ramblin' Man · Go Your Own Way · Stranglehold
House of Blues (Los Angeles)
L'Via L'Viaquez · Kick Out the Jams · Santeria · On the Road Again (Live) · Love Me Two Times
Ted's Tiki Hut (Tahiti)
Monsoon · Aggro · Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) · Good God · One Armed Scissor
Will Heilm's Keep (England)
The Kill · Shiver · Rebel Yell · Demolition Man (Live)
Recording Studio (Canada)
Lazy Eye · Too Much Too Young · Float On · Nuvole e Lenzuola · Pretty Vacant
AT&T Park (San Fransisco)
Are You Gonna Go My Way · Sweet Home Alabama (Live) · Assassin · Escuela De Calor · The Wind Cries Mary · Purple Haze (Live)
Tesla's Coil (Australia)
Toy Boy · Hail to the Freaks · Vinternoll2 · Hollywood Nights
Ozzfest (Germany)
Love Removal Machine · Our Truth · Antisocial · Prisoner of Society · Mr. Crowley · Crazy Train
Times Square (New York City)
Re-Education (Through Labor) · La Bamba · Scream Aim Fire · Overkill · Trapped Under Ice · B.Y.O.B · Hot for Teacher
Sunna's Chariot (Asgard)
Love Spreads · Soul Doubt · Never too Late · Pull Me Under · Satch Boogie
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Amazing · Bee · Bouree · Fur Elise · Future Freak · Greensleeves · I Like Dirt · Jam and Toast · La Noche · Laser Bop · Maple Leaf · Porto · Raja Funshine · Rock Hop · Rondo · Star Spangled · Y and Z
Downloadable tracks
That Was Just Your Life · The End of the Line · Broken, Beat & Scarred · The Day that Never Comes · All Nightmare Long · Cyanide · The Unforgiven III · The Judas Kiss · Suicide & Redemption J.H. · Suicide & Redemption K.H. · My Apocalypse · Rock and Roll Band · Hot Blooded · Jessie's Girl · No Rain · Guitar Duel With Ted Nugent (Co-Op) · Guitar Duel With Zakk Wylde (Co-Op) · Anything · Electrorock · Horse to Water · Man-Sized Wreath · Supernatural Superserious · Bang it Up · Waiting for the Rapture · The Shock of the Lightning · If 6 was 9 · Little Wing · Fire (Live at Woodstock) · G.L.O.W. · 1979 · The Everlasting Gaze · Salute Your Solution · Hold Up · Consoler of the Lonely · The Turning · I'm Outta Time · (Get off Your) High Horse Lady · Falling Down · To Be Where There's Life · Ain't Got Nothin · The Nature of Reality · Soldier On · Commotion · Black Betty · Gimme All Your Lovin' · New Slang · Drive · Wonderwall · Jet · Hi Hi Hi · Junior's Farm · Old Time Rock and Roll · Her Strut · Get Out of Denver Break It Out · In the Shadows · C'est Comme Ç · Death Blossoms · Audience of One · Ready to Fall · What Have You Done · Hier kommt Alex · Carolina (Live) · Freedom · Angel · Foxey Lady (Live at Woodstock) · We Are the Champions · Fat Bottomed Girls · C-lebrity · The James Bond Theme · Debaser · Monkey Gone to Heaven · The Sad Punk · Panic Switch · It's Nice to Know You Work Alone · Well Thought Out Twinkles · Black Friday · Kid Charlemagne · Bodhisattva · Jailbait · Love Me Like a Reptile · Iron Fist · Very Ape · Sappy · Stay Away · On Broken Glass · Dez Moines · Grave of Opportunity · So What · Stop and Stare · Everything's Magic · Disconnected · Oh Yeah! · Look Good in Leather · The Touch · Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits Theme · The Bitter End · Cadillac Solitario (Live) · Adrenalina · Number with No Name · Shimmer & Shine · Fly One Time · Sample in a Jar (Live) · Down with Disease (Live) · Chalkdust Torture (Live) · 21st Century (Digital Boy) · Linoleum · Ruby Soho · NJ Legion Iced Tea · Bomb the World · I Am the Arsonist · Anything 'Cept the Truth · Cherry Cola · I Only Want You · All the World Is Mad · Young Cardinals · The Martyr · Bloodmeat · I'm Shipping Up to Boston · New Wave · Camel's Night Out · The Silence Is Deafening · Nothing All the Time · I'll Never Know · Dueling Banjos
*Setlist ordered by Band career and downloadable content ordered by release date
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