"Van Halen left his signature style on the song& #39;s guitar licks, but that wasn& #39;t all. He also shared that he put his own spin on the song& #39;s production behind Jackson& #39;s back!" https://www.etonline.com/how-eddie-van-halens-uncredited-guitar-solo-on-michael-jacksons-beat-it-came-to-be-154293">https://www.etonline.com/how-eddie...

"Michael left to go across the hall to do some children& #39;s speaking record. I think it was E.T. or something," he recalled. "So I asked Quincy, & #39;What do you want me to do?& #39; And he goes, & #39;Whatever you want to do.& #39;  https://www.etonline.com/how-eddie-van-halens-uncredited-guitar-solo-on-michael-jacksons-beat-it-came-to-be-154293">https://www.etonline.com/how-eddie...

And he goes, & #39;Whatever you want to do.& #39; And I go, & #39;Be careful when you say that. If you know anything about me, be careful when you say, & #39;Do anything you want!& #39;" https://www.etonline.com/how-eddie-van-halens-uncredited-guitar-solo-on-michael-jacksons-beat-it-came-to-be-154293">https://www.etonline.com/how-eddie...

"I listened to the song, and I immediately go, & #39;Can I change some parts?& #39; I turned to the engineer and I go, & #39;OK, from the breakdown, chop in this part, go to this piece, pre-chorus, to the chorus, out.& #39;  https://www.etonline.com/how-eddie-van-halens-uncredited-guitar-solo-on-michael-jacksons-beat-it-came-to-be-154293">https://www.etonline.com/how-eddie...

Took him maybe 10 minutes to put it together. And I proceeded to improvise two solos over it."

"I was just finishing the second solo when Michael walked in," he remembered. https://www.etonline.com/how-eddie-van-halens-uncredited-guitar-solo-on-michael-jacksons-beat-it-came-to-be-154293">https://www.etonline.com/how-eddie...