to the originals. "My costume is this take on one of the guys from Michael Jackson's original 'Beat It' video, like, the guy who plays the rival dancer," Wentz said during the filming of the video. The music video featured numerous cameos, including a karate class/dance session being taught by Tony Hale, Donald Faison, Joel David Moore and Hal Sparks dressed up like Michael Jackson. The short film later received a MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Rock Video. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts "Eat It" parody In 1984, American parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic released his parody song "Eat It". Yankovic recorded the song with Jackson's permission. The song's music video mocked the "Beat It" short film scene-for-scene, with Yankovic mimicking Jackson's dance moves in a clumsy fashion. Jackson received royalties as Jackson was listed as co-writer of "Eat It". See also List of Top 25 singles for 1983 in Australia List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1983 List of number-one singles of 1983 (Canada) List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1983 List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1983 List of European number-one hits of 1983 List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand) List of number-one R&B singles of 1983 (U.S.) List of number-one singles of 2006 (Spain) References Bibliography 1982 songs 1983 singles American hard rock songs Dance-rock songs Michael Jackson songs Fall Out Boy songs Fergie (singer) songs John Mayer songs Epic Records singles Island Records singles Grammy Award for Record of the Year Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Music videos directed by Shane Drake Music videos directed by Bob Giraldi Song recordings produced by Michael Jackson Song recordings produced by Quincy Jones Song recordings produced by will.i.am Songs written by Michael Jackson Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles Dutch Top 40 number-one singles Number-one singles in New Zealand Number-one singles in Spain RPM Top Singles number-one singles Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles