Beat It (Studio Recording) - Anoop Desai [Download]

[zoologyfan87]

I love this. Nothing can top MJ himself, but this is still pretty awesome. And for everyone who says covering an MJ song is "untouchable" or whatever, that's fine and I totally respect your opinion, but I think that the whole point of doing a cover is to put your own spin on a song and just have fun with it, which Anoop has definitely done here. Good job.

Oh, and to whomever came up with the gem "Anoop is a poop", how old are you? Two? Three? Have a little bit of respect.

...Just sayin :).

[Handjucy]

a good cover

[multiiloveadam]

Lol cmon doesn't anoop know that covering and Mj song is already really hard. And out of all he does BEAT IT? untouchable...

[holyh3ll]

Just love this cover. This song sounds kick ass in a lower key.

[snight01]

if he was white, he'd win idol

[TheGoodLife1707]

for 'beat it' this song is untouchalbe. ONLY michael is supposed to/ CAN sing this song..

anoop can sing... just ... i don't like listening to other people sing MJ's song... For me, this is the first song I heard MJ sing...so..yeah, for sentimental reasons. you Michael, RIP your majesty. <3 ;)

[kayanbean24]

anoop is not a poop.... i mean look at him he isnt brown or skinny.... wait!

[daniroxxoxo]

at first, in the beginning, i was like "eww. no. i just don't like it." but then it got a little better. No one does it like MJ, but u no, it was OKAYYY.

[orane49]

orane: anoop is a very talented singer, he was one of my favourite

[NateTesfai]

Anoop Dogg is in the houseee!! he did a great job, i was a bit surprised, even though i knew he could sing very well! wow.

[w19h95]

Awesome Voice!

[candykeuh]

nice voice 

[meloninhk]

LMAO!!!! ANOOP IS A POOP!!!

ANOOP DOGG!!!!!!!!

[TheKCP1998]

It was good. but wasn't fantastic, i've heard better :D from the King

[corujaa]

oh my god he has a bomb!!!! auhauhauhauah

[salmanyafiz]

@corujaa being racist wont get u thumbs up ,BUDDY !!

[corujaa]

@salmanyafiz dont have humor?

[kakaonkaka]

wow he did a awesome cover of this song

[Sholay59]

Its good, not bad like what the judges made out to be

[GLAMBERTx100]

considering how hard it is to sing mj he did amazing not like mj but still very good

[justsing3oh5]

i dont think this was a right choice like the other ppl said his voice isnt bad or anything its good! but they shouldnt touch this one

[531531531]

this voice is moore masculine then Mj, But The king of pop is way better,

proud hindu/pak,

best wishes for Anoop Dogg

[bdevil4lif]

I hate that they gave Anoop this song to sing on AI...MJJ put his "stamp" on this song...might as well just given Anoop "Thriller". Anoop was the best on AI, but the show is rigged...

[antisadism]

I dont get it anoop picked this song. American idol doesnt choose for him.

[bdevil4lif]

@antisadism Oh, I dunno. I still think it was a bad "pick" then.

[sportsgurl16]

pretty good!....but MJ is the KING :)

[sugarypop15]

lol this version sucks. lol no one can sing michael jackson songs right

[thesmoothcrimnal]

true dat homes

[joerocokoco]

i never knew indians could sing like that, that really inspires me :)

[Eiche2k]

hahaha that guitar solo doesn't sound like Van Halen xD

Nice song.

[ThetseySitders520]

i love that guy

[mindfreakfan67]

thats pretty good

[xxleandraxx1]

I love mj's none can top the man himself!

[footballfan960]

its ok

[OhMyGodYouFuckinSuck]

Like you can do better

[japanesesen]

AWESOME!! 10**********

[RosesNightengales]

I like this version too. Its just amazing. Michael's is better but he's good. Keep trying. =]

[GreenGirl331]

its alright not that bad

[TheMerc4hire]

he has the tone and melody and all but he is missing the aggression that is really needed in Beat It. However, this is overall decent 3.5 out of 5.

[Caelstraz]

Yeah...not the worst Beat It cover I've ever heard but certainly not the best =/

His voice just doesn't seem to have the right edge to it for this song.

[shadowkitten91]

i dont understand why people are down thumbing you. >.>

its true.

no one can measure up to michael.

it was a nice attempt though.

[Caelstraz]

@shadowkitten91 Fanboys will be fanboys :P And I think that was the problem, the way he sang it, it sounded like he WAS trying to measure up to MJ instead of making the song his own.

/shrug

[MCRadmirer]

uhhhh, horrible!!!!!! X(

when i was watching this vid, my neighbour came asked me about a dying animal near my house.

actually, its just a-NOOP who can't sing RFLMAO

[serebelum]

An excellent rendition of a great song.... the best rendition perhaps....

[ronaldinho1072]

this is very good not as good as mj ofcourse but still good

[grrgetmeouttahere1]

Damn

[ssoratanaka]

Where's the aggressivity? <- spell.. but you got my point.

No emotion. Nice voice, but. No.

He didn't go into the song, it seems like.

In other way, he has talent, he doesn't use it aswell.

But still, he IS good, okay?

[XXmyXlittleXdecoyXX]

Totally agree! I don't even need to say anthing now, you took the words right outta my mouth (:

[XXmyXlittleXdecoyXX]

*anything

and that was meant to be in reply to ssoratanaka, but it didn't come up under their comment. I hate when it does that!

[xxxxxxnicolexxxxxxxx]

ok heres my opion: anoop has terrific vocals and a nice voice ...but this song is just untouchable!!! only michael can do it!!!...anoop was a bit too plain and didnt give the song the " grunt " it needs...but he's still very good

[Andybato]

To every one who thinks this sucks, shut the fuck up. I'm sure these singers know they can't sing like Michael Jackson, but they're doing their best to give tribute to him.

[croutonsmyman]

i agree!!! all the people who sang it the michael jackson week were awesum!

[GroenGeleSer]

when you hear this type of stuff you realize how unbeatable MJ. everybody else sucks in comparison. :P

[LadyDancer55]

I must admit he's really good!!! He definitely can sing. But it's too plain. Compared to the others he doesn't have the x factor!

[crazyfunkydancer]

wow he killed it...literally killed the song... and not in a good way :-S

[4evaFanFuruba]

wow his version is cool!

[MJsGirl18]

WOW He's alot better than what I expected!!!

I am sorry for misjudging him so soon!!! Go Anoop!!!

(Still not as good as Michael)

But Anoop still rocks at this song!!!

[Luluzr]

ppoooo hes really good

[Spykeri]

A noob

[MazingProductions]

Lol my brother always said that

[lucasloislily]

Pretty Good (; I Liked Him

[snipedaction]

damn this is pretty good... didnt bother listning to anoop cause my mom thought he sucked... ..but this rules!

[kanziee]

wow this wuz pretty good, MJ WILL ALWAYS BE THA BEST!!!!!!!!

[Akatsukigirl1226]

Anoop Dogg!!! Yay! Love this version!

[CocoChanelX33]

Michael is probably proud of every single one of this people, that try to carry on legacy. People should shut up and let people sing his songs! He would have liked that.

Michael Jackson Forever!

[Desiree2006]

"Anoop is a poop?"

How old are you.. nine?

[TheSkullsandhearts]

@Desiree2006 anoop is a poop?

lol

[squirrelbait101]

that's good. i laughed. the only good song he sang was My prerogative. I hate ballads.

[kittykittylikesdogs]

Anoop is pretty good at this songg lol.

im a adam lambert fann!

[saawariiyyaa]

thisssss goooooood

but MJ IS THE BEST.

[Vay72]

i liked anoop.

[cstinia]

studio version better than when he performed it live.

and yeah....better than fall out boy.

[0xyooooitsmex0]

i, LOVE this.

soooooo much better than FOB.

[suchapityrs]

this is good but this song just cant "beat it"

[boredness2009]

for such a big song he did great

[TheNumber1spartan]

this is acually pretty good mj still reigns supreme

[bjesgirl]

This song is too iconic. It always comes off as kareoke. He should've chose something less known.

[karishmaglitters]

agreed..he shudve tried You are not alone instead of this song..or Heal the world...

[karishmaglitters]

i wanted to rip off my ears when i heard the FOB version..this ones a zillion times better

[bowlingwhizkid]

yeah because falloutboy is nothing but a bunch of fonies .. there just wannabe rockers that have no talent i dont think this is very good either idk but long live michael jackson !!! RIP

[heyy1its1me]

ugh i like anoop, but not this performence.

[rockergurl88]

No one compares to MJ. This is better than FOB by far.

[19Cadence]

No one, not even adam, can be compared to MJ

[paramoreisriot]

hahaha but john mayer did the solo for FOBs version

[softsXeballchick3]

i like both the original and fall out boys version, this one, not so much

[karishmaglitters]

WTF!!are u kidding me..i prefer Anoops version to Fall out buys' ...GOD fall out boys sucked balls

[JebranRush]

I agree. Fall Out Boy butchered Beat It so bad.

[shazzysh]

Im a fan of FOB but i have to agree. They ruined the song lol.

But the guitar solo was awesome.

[karishmaglitters]

i still cant help but think that if Anoop sang "You are not alone" instead of Sarver....he wudve been the best of MJ week...it wudve totally changed the way he progressed in this competition..i mean i love this studio version though..i thought this was the best among all others

[lexeeekline]

i LOVE ANOOP!!

[karishmaglitters]

omg this studio version is fuckin amazing... best of MJ week..i meant studio version not live

[ilyutyler]

he is soooo flippin hot... i mean anoop. but it is sad that MJ died

[granispranis]

LOOOOOOOOOL, you cant compair anoop against MJ! moron..

[membersofteamtaylor]

omg!!! hes sooo good! so much better then MJ

[kvbella]

r u kidding me he did good but not better than michael!

[karishmaglitters]

um im a major Anoop fan..but u cant compare him to the king of pop

[elijahsessions]

anoop fans read this we got to get beat it popular

[sk8terac]

great cover! just that guitars sound odd.

[karishmaglitters]

lol...this studio version is the best of MJ week..lol

[TediusZanarukando]

Anoop Desai should have sung "Heal the World" not this song.

[karishmaglitters]

lol..thats xactly wat i thought man...but this studio performance is pretty darn good..lol..he has such a studio frndly voice

[TediusZanarukando]

I agree with you about the studio version. It is just as great as the original version.

[Skyekitty]

his pretty good he could go places in singing

[ironick5]

i think anoop's version is the best...!!

[mynameiscrystal05]

fall out boys r better then mj and him!

[maryel07734]

uh-oh

[kaz2692]

shut the fuck up

[Tokyomewmew626]

THANK YOU

[DazzleMe18]

his studio versions are a knockout.

[tonyeson]

Adam would of owned this song lol

[Christine16292]

but adam knows wen 2 control his voice and wen to... start screaching as u put it. anyway I LOVE ANOOP!!! <3

[karishmaglitters]

ok cool.. :)

[mcr2017]

adam is better then anoop and by the way i hope you the t.v. cause adam was the runner up not the runner away

[karishmaglitters]

whatever??!!..i wud buy an anoop album rather than the OTHER one

[Lurvebooks]

Anoop YOU ROCK! your voice pierces my heart!

[1PAcouchpotato]

AMERICAS NEXT MOLESTER!

[blazakin87]

lol

[liltwistedangel69]

They both suck; If you are going to take on a Michael Jackson song don't do one of his top hits... really...... Even Fall Out Boy's version of this song kicks way more ass than this one....

[HaruhiLuvsTamaki]

Totaly agree Fall OUt Boys version rocks!

[iam0zero0]

no its not, fall out boy raped that song, and the solo, it was even more pathetic in the fact that they got some other untalented guitarist to make his own solo which only consisted of him overusing the whammy bar, yeah john mayer sucks

at least he actually tried to be interesting that night rather than be like about the 3/4s of the competition that sang nothing but slow songs

and as for not going for one of his top hits that's just stupid,

only adam and danny were entertaining that night,

[iam0zero0]

at least kris, lil, alexis,and anoop tried to pick songs people felt like hearing, they failed yeah but at least they tried

the rest were boring and dissapointing

[reneablack]

I agree, at least they tried. That had to have been a REALLY difficult week for the contestants. If MJ's songs are so untouchable, why would they have an MJ week? I just don't get that.

[striderhirolu]

because ignoring them would be taking out the most successful catalog of music anyone ever had...how long could American Idol go without giving in to Michael Jackson?

[TediusZanarukando]

Michael Jacskon as a theme is a daring theme. Idol picked the wrong theme for the first week. If Idol picked another theme, then Jasmine Murray would have made the top 10.

[TediusZanarukando]

No previous season has had a Michael Jackson week. Season 8 is the only season that has a Michael Jackson week. During Semifinal Group 1 night, Simon Cowell stated that the Michael Jackson song "Rock With You" is untouchable.

[962airplanes]

this is a great studio recording. live preformance suckeddd

[BritToTheMax]

UGH!!! he is the BOMB

[futurewristler]

way bitter than live