Beat It
- Key
- Eb minor
- Camelot
- 2A
- BPM
- 137.2
Key confidence high · relative F# major (2B) · BPM confidence high · half-time 68.6 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · essentia.js@2.1-beta6-dev
The recording is tuned near 446 Hz, not A440.
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As of 2026-09-22, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson has charted in 102 markets across 5 platforms, peaking at #4 (AE) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads Eb minor (2A) at 137.2 BPM.
- Markets
- 102
- First seen
- 2026-06-17
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-22
- Peak
- #4 ae
Started in 56 markets, now in 102.
Why it's moving
- vault release: registered 1999, first charted 2026-08-06
- Arrived in 9 new markets since Sep 9, including Bahrain, Georgia, Libya
- Climbed #81 → #67 in Armenia on Apple MusicSep 6–13
- Climbed #95 → #79 in Estonia on Apple MusicSep 6–13
- Climbed #57 → #47 in Norway on Apple MusicSep 6–13
- Climbed #95 → #75 in Belarus on Apple MusicSep 7–13
Score 53.2
Why it's here
Lionsgate's Michael Jackson biopic "Michael," starring his nephew Jaafar Jackson and directed by Antoine Fuqua, opened in theaters on April 24, 2026, and its song lineup includes a sequence built around "Beat It." [1] Billboard reported in June 2026 that following the film's April 24 premiere, "Michael" spurred gains for Jackson's catalog across Billboard charts, with "Beat It" reaching a best of No. 29 on Top Gabb Music Songs in its second chart run. [2] An August 15, 2026 Washington Post article on Jackson's renewed chart presence named "Beat It," alongside "Billie Jean" and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," among the decades-old hits climbing charts again in the months after the biopic. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Samples Denny Jaeger, Untitledsource
- Covered Fall Out Boysource
- Covered From Ashes to Newsource
- Covered Joey DeFrancescosource
- Covered Lemur Voicesource
- Written by Michael Jacksonsource
- Remixed by Michael Jackson, Beat It (Moby’s sub mix)source
- Covered Ordinariussource
- Covered Pierce the Veilsource
- Covered Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machinesource
- Covered Ronald Reagansource
- Sampled by Super Mash Bros., Meet Me At Fantasy Islandsource
- Covered The Chipmunkssource
- Covered The Unseensource
- Covered Violet Orlandi feat. Cole Rolandsource
- Covered 鄧麗君source
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- United Arab Emiratesae · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify#10#4#10
- Czechiacz · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify#24#4#24
- Polandpl · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify#24#4#24
- New Zealandnz · applemusic applemusic_kworb spotify#73#5#73
- Romaniaro · applemusic_kworb deezer spotify#26#5#26
- South Africaza · deezer spotify#49#5#49
- Boliviabo · deezer spotify#31#6#31
- United Kingdomgb · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify#32#6#32
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Global feedglobal · applemusic_kworb deezer spotify#70#8#70
- World feedworld · shazam#165#97#165
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Editions
- 2026-09-13Chart-only edition#41
- 2026-07-21Chart-only edition#36
Identity
- ISRC
- USSM19902990
- Slug
- michael-jackson__beat-it
- Sources
- applemusic, applemusic_kworb, deezer, shazam, spotify
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Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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