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"Eat It" is a 1984 song by American comedy music artist "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of Michael Jackson's 1983 single "Beat It", with the contents changed to be about an exasperated parent attempting to get their picky child to eat anything at all, much less to eat properly. The track was both a commercial and critical success, earning Yankovic a Grammy Award. It peaked at number twelve in the United States, making it his first top 40 hit in that country, and reached number one in Australia.

This article is about the song. For the Humble Pie album, see Eat It (album).

"Eat It"
Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic
from the album "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
B-side"That Boy Could Dance"
ReleasedFebruary 28, 1984
RecordedDecember 13, 1983
Genre
  • Comedy rock
  • hard rock
  • R&B
  • parody
Length3:19
LabelScotti Brothers
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rick Derringer
"Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology
"I Love Rocky Road"
(1983)		 "Eat It"
(1984)		 "King of Suede"
(1984)
Alternative covers
British single cover
Alternative cover
Japanese single cover
Music videos
"Eat It" (original version) on YouTube
"Eat It" (coverage take) on YouTube

History


The famous guitar solo, originally performed by Eddie Van Halen, was reproduced by Yankovic's producer, Rick Derringer.

According to Yankovic, when he presented his lyrics to Jackson for review, he did not know how Jackson would react. Jackson allegedly thought it was amusing and agreed to allow the parody.[1] On October 19, 1989, the RIAA certified "Eat It" as a gold single.[2]


Reception


The single reached number 1 in Australia, and it was his highest-charting US single on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 12 until "White & Nerdy" peaked at number 9 in October 2006.[3] "Eat It" earned Yankovic a 1984 Grammy Award in the Best Comedy Recording category.[4] "Eat It" also outranked "Beat It" in overall highest position on the Australian singles chart, with its highest rank being number 1, while "Beat It"'s highest was third.

Cash Box reviewed the single, saying "Rick Derringer’s production has remained true to the energy and appeal of Michael Jackson’s original version, and the lyrics...are actually very funny."[5]


Track listing



1984 release


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

1985/1993 re-release


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

Music video


The video for "Eat It" is styled as a shot-for-shot remake of Jackson's video for "Beat It", but with elements being parodied in various silly ways and Yankovic dressed as Jackson. The video also features a few of the same dancers from Jackson's video and Yankovic clumsily mimicking the dance moves from the original video.[6] The video ends with Yankovic looking into the camera with yellow eyes, referencing the end of Jackson's video for "Thriller". Jackson received royalties from Yankovic for rights to cover the video so closely.[7]

In June 20, 2022, Yankovic uploaded an alternative version of the music video on his YouTube channel, which consists of a single "coverage take". The alternate take of Yankovic singing, dancing, and writhing on the bed in the bedroom was intended to be used as a backup if other shots were unusable or unable to be procured in time, although Yankovic said he believed none of the footage was used in the original 1984 cut.[8]


Legacy


As part of a charity effort during the COVID-19 pandemic, David Cross and Bob Odenkirk held a Mr. Show online reunion show in May 2020 with many of their former cast members as well as other friends. The show concluded by having Cross, Odenkirk and their cast, as well as Yankovic, sing "Eat It", in a purposely tone-deaf manner that parodied a prior cover performance of "Imagine" that Gal Gadot and other celebrities had done for COVID-19 awareness but which had been taken as ineffectual.[9]

Yankovic had pulled "Eat It" and his other Jackson song parody, "Fat", from the setlist of his Strings Attached Tour in the wake of the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, in which two men claimed Jackson had sexually abused them when they were children. "I don't know if that's going to be permanent or not," Yankovic said of the decision. "But we just felt that with what's happened recently with the HBO documentaries, we didn't want anybody to feel uncomfortable."[10]


Chart history



See also



References


  1. "Musical mimicry...and then some: Weird Al Yankovic's video antics come to life on stage". The Windsor Star. March 23, 1995. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  2. "Gold & Platinum - 'Weird Al' Yankovic". RIAA. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  3. Eat It's Highest Ranking on the Billboard 100
  4. "Nerds Rejoice: 'Weird Al' Talks Grammy Noms". Rolling Stone. February 8, 2007. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007.
  5. "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 3, 1984. p. 13. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  6. Russell, Lisa (April 16, 1984). "A Playful Poke at Beat It Has Made Weird Al Yankovic the Pooh-Bah of Put-Ons". People. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  7. Campbell 1995, p. 154.
  8. Sinclair, Carla (June 20, 2022). ""Weird Al" Yankovic shares unearthed footage from "Eat It" video". Boing Boing. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  9. Kohn, Daniel (May 13, 2020). "David Cross, Bryan Cranston, Jack Black and Many More Team Up to Sing Weird Al's 'Eat It'". Spin. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  10. Graff, Gary (June 27, 2019). "'Weird Al' Yankovic Explains His Decision to Drop Michael Jackson Parodies From Set List". Billboard. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  11. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 344. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  12. "RPM Top 100 Singles - April 14, 1984" (PDF).
  13. "Search" Archived June 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Irish Charts. In the "Search by Artist" field, put in Weird Al Yankocic. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  14. "Werid Al Yankovic - Eat It". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  15. "Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984". Kent Music Report. Retrieved January 12, 2022 – via Imgur.com.

На других языках

- [en] Eat It

[es] Eat It

«Eat It» es una canción interpretada por "Weird Al" Yankovic. Fue lanzada como el primer sencillo de su álbum "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D. La canción es una parodia de «Beat It» de Michael Jackson. El sencillo alcanzó la primera posición en las listas de popularidad de Australia y fue el sencillo más exitoso de Yankovic en los Estados Unidos hasta aquel entonces, alcanzando el puesto 12 en el Billboard Hot 100. «Eat It» ganó el Premio Grammy a la mejor grabación cómica en 1984. El sencillo fue certificado como un sencillo dorado por la Recording Industry Association of America el 19 de octubre de 1989.[1]

[it] Eat It (singolo)

Eat It è un singolo del cantante statunitense "Weird Al" Yankovic estratto dall'album "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D ed è la parodia della canzone Beat It del cantante pop Michael Jackson. Il singolo raggiunse la dodicesima posizione nella Billboard Hot 100, diventando così il primo singolo di Yankovic a raggiungere una posizione in classifica maggiore fino all'ottobre 2006, dove il singolo White & Nerdy raggiungerà la nona posizione in classifica[1].


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