Peak
12
Weeks
13
Score
1,588
Chart Year
1984
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position12
Peak DateApr 14, 1984
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted13
Weeks in Top 407
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc509
Weekly Calc1,079
Total Score1,588
Rankings
Year Ranking#162
Decade Ranking#1,580
Billboard Year#164
Top 5000#9,205
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Genre
- Comedy
- Entered Chart
- Mar 10, 1984
- Peak Date
- Apr 14, 1984
- Released
- Unknown
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Rock 'n' Roll 04374
- B-Side
- N/A
Notes
"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.
Chart History (13 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 10, 1984 | 59 | 67 |
| 2 | Mar 17, 1984 | 36 | 90 |
| 3 | Mar 24, 1984 | 18 | 108 |
| 4 | Mar 31, 1984 | 14 | 112 |
| 5 | Apr 7, 1984 | 13 | 113 |
| 6 | Apr 14, 1984 | 12 | 114 |
| 7 | Apr 21, 1984 | 15 | 111 |
| 8 | Apr 28, 1984 | 32 | 94 |
| 9 | May 5, 1984 | 48 | 78 |
| 10 | May 12, 1984 | 63 | 63 |
| 11 | May 19, 1984 | 70 | 56 |
| 12 | May 26, 1984 | 97 | 29 |
| 1 | Nov 13, 2021 | 82 | 44 |