{"id":190,"date":"2007-12-18T23:01:14","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T23:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/news\/?p=190"},"modified":"2007-12-18T23:01:14","modified_gmt":"2007-12-18T23:01:14","slug":"press-release-beat-it-2008-ft-fergie-black-eyed-peas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/12\/press-release-beat-it-2008-ft-fergie-black-eyed-peas\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Beat It 2008 ft Fergie (Black Eyed Peas)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" width=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/fergie.jpg\" hspace=\"10\" alt=\"mjstar\" height=\"180\" title=\"mjstar\" \/><br \/>\nTHE DUTCHESS MEETS THE KING OF POP: FERGIE JOINS THE THRILLER 25 PARTY<br \/>\nWITH &#8220;BEAT IT 2008,&#8221; A NEW REMIX OF CLASSIC MICHAEL JACKSON TRACK PRODUCED &#038; MIXED BY will.i.am<\/p>\n<p>25th Anniversary Edition Of Michael Jackson&#8217;s Thriller &#8212; The World&#8217;s Biggest Selling Album Of All Time &#8212; Premieres New Remixes By Fergie, will.i.am, Akon &#038; Kanye West Thriller &#8211; 25th Anniversary Edition Available Tuesday, February 12, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Pop culture superstar Fergie has joined an already stellar line-up of guest artists for the 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson&#8217;s Thriller, the world&#8217;s biggest selling album of all time. Alongside new remixes of classic Jackson tracks by musical contemporaries Kanye West, will.i.am. and Akon, Fergie has added her signature vocals to a new version of &#8220;Beat It&#8221; entitled &#8220;Beat It 2008,&#8221; produced and mixed by her fellow Black Eyed Pea will.i.am.<\/p>\n<p>Epic\/Legacy Recordings proudly celebrates the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson&#8217;s Thriller with a newly expanded deluxe edition of the phenomenal record-breaking pop culture touchstone, available in the U.S. on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. The album will be available worldwide the week of February 11, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Sony BMG<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjstar.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&#038;t=1811\">Has Michael sold out to the Black Eyed Peas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michael-jackson-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Press Release: Beat It 2008 ft Fergie (Black Eyed Peas) - Michael Jackson MJSTAR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/12\/press-release-beat-it-2008-ft-fergie-black-eyed-peas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Press Release: Beat It 2008 ft Fergie (Black Eyed Peas) - 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