Fall Out Boy
| "Beat It" | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Fall Out Boy featuring John Mayer | ||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Live in Phoenix | ||||||||||||||||||
| Released | March 25, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop punk, pop rock | |||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:48 | |||||||||||||||||
| Label | Island | |||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Patrick Stump | |||||||||||||||||
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American rock band Fall Out Boy covered Michael Jackson's "Beat It". The studio version was digitally released on March 25, 2008 by Island Records as the only single from the band's first live album, Live in Phoenix (2008). The song features a guitar solo by John Mayer which was performed by Eddie Van Halen in the original song. In the United States the song peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 21 on the defunct-Billboard Pop 100 chart, also charting internationally.
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