Beat It was originally released in 1983 by Michael Jackson on the Thriller album, which is the #1 selling album of all time. In 2008, Fall Out Boy covered the song without changing many of the original aspects. Personally, I like both versions equally, which does not usually happen with me. Normally, I will like either the original or the cover song significantly more than the other.
The melody of both songs nearly the same as well. The only variation comes in the form of the vocals being different ever so slightly based on the singers' separate styles.
The lyrics for both songs are identical, and the musical quality varies only ever so slightly. Beginning with the rhythm, the original song had a tempo of 132 beats per minute and the Fall Out Boy version has a slightly faster speed of 150 beats per minute. I consider the cover song to be more intense than the original as a whole, but parts of the original are indeed more intense. The pitch of the cover song is higher in many areas that the original, if you can believe that. The guitar part played by John Mayer is higher in some parts, and the vocals of Patrick Stump surpass even the high range of Michael Jackson. The timbre of both songs is pretty much the same as well. Lastly, the organization of them is really the only area other than tempo in which they differ. The introduction for the original is much longer than the Fall Out Boy cover, and then the main part of the songs match up when the original reaches 40 seconds.
Overall, I am very pleased with both productions of the songs. It also helps that Fall Out Boy is one of my favorite bands.
Fall Out Boy - Beat It
Michael Jackson - Beat It
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