"Eat It" is a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of the song "Beat It" by the pop artist Michael Jackson. The single reached #1 in Australia, and it was his highest-charting US single on the Hot 100 at #12 until the October 21, 2006 issue of Billboard Magazine, when White & Nerdy peaked at #9. "Eat It" earned Yankovic a 1984 Grammy Award in the Best Comedy Recording category. Image File history File links Eatit. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article is about the musician himself. ... Singles from In 3-D Released: February 28, 1984 Released: April 1984 Released: June 4, 1984 Weird Al Yankovic In 3-D, sometimes referred to simply as In 3-D, is the second album by Weird Al Yankovic, released in 1984. ... “B-Sides” redirects here. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Scotti Brothers Records was a California-based record label founded by Tony and Ben Scotti. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... This article is about the musician himself. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... This article is about the musician himself. ... I Love Rocky Road is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... King Of Suede is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Singles from In 3-D Released: February 28, 1984 Released: April 1984 Released: June 4, 1984 Weird Al Yankovic In 3-D, sometimes referred to simply as In 3-D, is the second album by Weird Al Yankovic, released in 1984. ... The Brady Bunch is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... I Lost on Jeopardy is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Polka Medleys are the trademark of American singer, musician, satirist, parodist, songwriter, and accordionist Weird Al Yankovic. ... King Of Suede is a song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... Nature Trail to Hell is an original song by Weird Al Yankovic. ... This article is about the musician himself. ... Humble Pie was an English rock music blues, band, best known for their hard-rocking, bluesy recordings and concert performances 1969 - 1975. ... Eat It is a 1973 double album by Humble Pie. ... This article is about the musician himself. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main singles chart used by Billboard magazine. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Straight Outta Lynwood track listing White & Nerdy Pancreas Canadian Idiot Ill Sue Ya Polkarama! Virus Alert Confessions Part III Weasel Stomping Day Close But No Cigar Do I Creep You Out Trapped in the Drive-Thru Dont Download This Song White & Nerdy is the second single from Weird... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

According to Yankovic, when he presented his lyrics to Jackson for permission for the parody, he didn't know what kind of reaction he'd get. Jackson allegedly thought it was amusing, and agreed to allow the parody.

The video for "Eat It" is remarkable in that it is a shot-for-shot remake of Jackson's video for "Beat It", except that in Yankovic's version, elements are parodied in various silly ways, like the gang members fighting over a rubber chicken. The last shot of the video, where Yankovic turns to the camera and his eyes have turned yellow and the frame freezes, is a parody of Jackson's famous "Thriller" video. A prop comic holding a rubber chicken in sweatpants (as in the simile looser than a rubber chicken in sweatpants). Please see this page: www. ... Michael Jacksons Thriller is a 14-minute music video for the song of the same name released on December 2, 1983 and directed by John Landis. ...

"Eat It" is the first song on the In 3-D album and the eighth song on disc 1 of Permanent Record: Al In The Box. A live medley performance of "Eat It" is located on "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! (DVD and VHS). The music video of "Eat It" is on "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection (DVD), "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos (DVD), and The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library (VHS). Singles from In 3-D Released: February 28, 1984 Released: April 1984 Released: June 4, 1984 Weird Al Yankovic In 3-D, sometimes referred to simply as In 3-D, is the second album by Weird Al Yankovic, released in 1984. ... Weird Al Yankovic Live! is a live video recording of Weird Al Yankovics concert at the Marin Center, in San Rafael, California, on October 2, 1999. ... The Weird Al Yankovic Video Library is a VHS release of most of Weird Al Yankovic music video to date. ...

Track listing

1984 release

The following tracks are on the single:

1. "Eat It" – 3:19
2. "That Boy Could Dance" – 3:32

The promo single only contains "Eat It".

1985/1993 re-release

1. "Eat It" – 3:19
2. "I Lost on Jeopardy" – 3:26

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Music video

This is a list of the parodied elements in the "Eat It" video, as compared to "Beat It".

• The Music video was different before the song started playing. In Beat It, a gangster takes a sip of his coffee. Another gangster slaps him and he gets up. In Eat It, a gangster takes a sip of his coffee. Another gangster walks by and the gangster sitting down spits out his coffee and then gets up.
• Not a joke, but notable: The diner's doors are in a completely different location in "Eat It" than they were in "Beat It", due to Yankovic reconstructing the sets rather than using the originals. In "Beat It", the two gang members walk out the exit. In "Eat It", they just disappear off-screen to the right, because the doors simply aren't there.
• The gang members at the beginning of the video make different noises after clicking their fingers (in the original, the sounds are animal-like howls; in "Eat It", they're Curly Howard-like "woob woob" noises).
• After the first gang member comes out of the manhole, the second one gets stuck as he tries to climb out.
• A gang member, played by bassist Steve Jay, grabs his girlfriend's hair and pulls her head off to kiss her, as opposed to just pulling her head back as in the original video.
• The gang leader in the white jacket has a large yellow smiley face on the back, with "Have A Nice Day" embroidered beneath it, instead of a dragon in the original.
• As the gang with the white-jacket leader walks, various things happen to their trousers. The first long shot of them reveals that they're only wearing boxers. Later, they are seen adjusting their flies on longer pants, suggesting that they'd forgotten to put their pants on for the earlier scene and were just putting them on now.
• Instead of a person, as in the Jackson video, an alien, played by drummer Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz peers through the blinds.
• A picture (of Dr. Demento) behind Yankovic falls off the wall not long after he sits up. The room is also littered with half-eaten foodstuffs such as pizzas and donuts.
• In the original video, the second gang rode in the back of a pick-up truck. In "Eat It", the gang is waiting for a bus that never seems to arrive.
• As the gang with the white-coat leader walks to where the meet is to be, the other gang is still waiting for the bus. In the original video, these were parallel scenes of the two gangs walking down separate alleys - here, the second alley is empty. Off camera, the second gang somehow manages to get to the fight scene on time anyway.
• Yankovic's producer Rick Derringer is seen in one of the gangs playing a guitar. He later plays so fast that his guitar explodes (literally going up in smoke).
• The white-coat leader is seen being pushed into the scene by another member, as though being wheeled on. The original video had the leader riding on a fork lift.
• The gang leaders do not tie their hands up in rope, but rather hold a rubber chicken. Instead of switchblade knives, they have a switchblade fork and spoon.
• Yankovic gives the gang leaders something to eat before they burst into dance.
• When one of the gangs appears from a large garage door, one of the doors does not completely open. The gang crawls under it.
• Throughout the video, Yankovic imitates Jackson's dancing. Yankovic's dancing is purposely much less coordinated than Jackson's:
  • When Yankovic dances out of his bedroom, he takes a bite out of a banana.
  • In the diner, Yankovic pushes the doors open just like Jackson does, but knocks someone over in the process. Yankovic also flails his arms wildly as he dances uncoordinately down the aisle, knocking over chairs as he goes, and hurls himself bodily through a gap in the counter top, instead of neatly sliding through as Jackson did.
  • During the pool hall scene, Yankovic fogs up the camera lens with his breath during a zoom-in shot to exaggerate Jackson's similar facial expressions.
  • When Yankovic is dancing among some boxes, he drops far more abruptly than Michael Jackson did.
  • One of the gang leaders elbows Yankovic as they dance. The dance scene is cut mercifully short after that, as it appears that none of these people can actually dance.
• At the end of the video, Yankovic drops two antacids in a glass of water, referencing a stomach ache from overeating.
• Also at the end of the video, Yankovic is depicted with bulging yellow eyes, in reference to the ending sequence of Michael Jackson's "Thriller".
• While Eddie Van Halen did the guitar solo for Michael Jackson's "Beat It", the solo in "Eat It" was done by Al's then-producer Rick Derringer. The solo ended a second or two earlier than the original, so the sound of the guitar exploding was incorporated at the solo's end.

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See also

• "Fat" another Michael Jackson parody by "Weird Al" (Released in 1988).
• List of singles by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• List of songs by "Weird Al" Yankovic