Pondering something about "Beat It"

Michael Jackson's 1982 hit "Beat It" shuffled up on my iPod Nano while I was walking to the office this morning. Great song, isn't it?

But as the song began, I was thinking that I've always expected "Beat It" to begin in a slightly different key following the intro. Higher? Lower? I'm not quite sure - I'll have to analyze that further.

Has anybody else ever experienced anything similar?

Have a good weekend...

Janet