Michael Jackson's "Beat It" proved that the King of Pop could be the King of Rock when he wanted to be. While "Beat It" has an iconic music video, it isn't Jackson's best rock tune. It might not ...

When Sean Kingston released his 2011 song “Beat It,” he faced an uphill battle. The title of the track, so closely tied to Michael Jackson‘s iconic 1982 hit “Beat It” from his album Thriller, was ...

CBS Records was well aware that there were no black records at all in the pop Top 20 the week they sent the debut single from “Thriller” to radio in October of 1982. Faced with the very real ...