If there’s a genre of music that’s more obsessed with covering Top 40 hits than reggae, it’s got to be Mariachi band music. Similarly, the chronic cover impulse has a lot to do with the need to produce cross-overs lest artists be ghettoized in the “world music” category. This, in turn, produces some amazing moments in musical mashup history, such as those chronicled by our friends at Urlesque in their listicle of 7 Pop Hits Performed by Mariachi Bands.Our favorite is this Mariachi rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” (although you should check out this version of “Hotel California” too):