Crucial Track for January 20, 2026

"Beat It" by Michael Jackson

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Think back to your childhood: What is your earliest music memory? Share that song and your story!

I remember being in my grandma's kitchen for some holiday or birthday etc when the cousins and such were all there and this song playing on the radio. I was young enough that I knew both this song and Eat It existed but couldn't hear the words enough tell them apart so I had to ask which it was.

Even at that young age I knew that comedy was superior to all other genres.