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Michael Jackson's fans dance "Thriller²" in celebration of the late singer's 51st birthday in Mexico City, Mexico, on Aug. 29, 2009. According to the organizers, 12,937 Mexicans set the new Guinness World Record on a mass performance of Michael Jackson's famed "Thriller" dance on Sunday.

They say they beat it. Thousands of Mexicans claimed they broke the record for most people dancing to "Thriller" simultaneously³ in one place on August 29, 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, aviator⁴ shades and ghoulish face paint, breathless after trying to recreate the groundbreaking 1983 video.

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

The current record was set in May by a group of 242 College of William & Mary students who performed the routine in Williamsburg, Virginia, according to Guinness.

Hildago claimed 12,937 people danced in front of Mexico City's Monument of the Revolution, led by a Michael Jackson impersonator wearing a red-and-gold sequined jacket.

But Guinness must certify⁵ whether all those people really performed the entire, intricate routine. The impersonator, who goes by the name Hector Jackson, and most of those in front of a huge crowd of onlookers⁶ certainly looked pretty good.

"More people responded than we even imagined!" Hector Jackson said. "Mexico gave the best tribute in the world to Michael Jackson."

Some of those who took part were born more than two decades after "Thriller" was released.

Guillermo Rodriguez, 2, wore a wig⁷ of dreadlocks, a black fedora and a white glove as he practiced the moves minutes before the event, holding up a cell phone that blared a recording⁸ of the song into his ear.

His father, Guillermo Rodriguez Sr., is not a huge fan himself. But he said his son has become mesmerized⁹ by the Jackson videos that Mexican television have often played since the pop icon¹⁰ died on June 25.

"Michael Jack¹!" the toddler screeched¹¹, pointing a chubby¹², un-gloved finger at a Jackson T-shirt held up by a nearby hawker.