They say they beat it.

Thousands of Mexicans claimed they broke the record for most people dancing to "Thriller" on Saturday, which would have been Michael Jackson's 51st birthday.

"We did it!" organizer Javier Hildago shouted to thousands of people wearing black fedoras, white gloves, aviator shades and ghoulish face paint in Mexico City, breathless after trying to re-create the groundbreaking 1983 video.

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Did they? The Guinness Book of World Records will decide in a week.

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