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How Eddie Van Halen Ended Up On Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’

Summary by 97.9 The Box
Source: Eddie Van Halen plays guitar on stage with Randy Jackson, Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson during the Victory Tour. (Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) At the height of their careers in the early 1980s, two legends from opposite ends of the music industry came together to create one of the most iconic songs of the decade. That duo was Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen, and the song became Beat It. MJ, who would be releasin…
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97.9 The Box broke the news in on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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