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The Beat (Mar 1979 - )

Group - United Kingdom UK ska band aka The English Beat

 Also known as (7)

Releases (28)

Official

Album

  1. I Just Can’t Stop It 01 May 1980
  2. Wha’ppen? Jun 1981
  3. Special Beat Service 1982

Album - Compilation

  1. What Is Beat? 15 Nov 1983
  2. b.p.m ...Beats Per Minute 1996
  3. Beat This! The Best of the Beat 2000
  4. The Platinum Collection 05 Dec 2005
  5. You Just Can't Beat It: The Best of The Beat 04 Feb 2008
  6. The Complete Beat 10 Jul 2012
  7. Keep the Beat: The Very Best of the English Beat 2012
  8. Hard to Beat: Best of The Beat 25 Aug 2017
  9. What Is Beat?

Album - Live

  1. Live! At the US Festival '82 & '83 11 Sep 2012 (as The English Beat)
  2. Live At The Roundhouse 15 Mar 2019

Single

  1. Tears of a Clown / Ranking Full Stop 1979
  2. Hands Off .... She's Mine 14 Feb 1980
  3. Mirror in the Bathroom 25 Apr 1980
  4. Too Nice to Talk To 1980
  5. Doors of Your Heart 1981
  6. Save It for Later 02 Apr 1982
  7. I Confess 26 Nov 1982
  8. Jeanette 1982
  9. Can't Get Used to Losing You (1983 remix version) 1983

Promotion

EP - Live

  1. Paste Studio NYC (New York, NY), 06/25/2018 - Live 25 Jun 2018

Relationships (7)

Members

  1. Everett Morton drums (drum set)
  2. Ranking Roger
  3. Micky Billingham
  4. Papa Saxa
  5. Dave Wakeling
  6. David Steele
  7. Andy Cox

Recordings by (248)

  1. Tears of a Clown 2:41 (1979)
  2. Ranking Full Stop 2:47 (1979)
  3. Twist & Crawl 2:34 (14 Feb 1980)
  4. Hands Off... She's Mine 3:01 (14 Feb 1980) edit
  5. Hands Off .... She's Mine 4:34 (Feb 1980)
  6. Twist and Crawl 4:58 (Feb 1980)
  7. Mirror in the Bathroom 3:08 (25 Apr 1980)
  8. Jackpot 3:20 (25 Apr 1980)
  9. Hands Off… She’s Mine 2:59 (01 May 1980)
  10. Two Swords 2:18 (01 May 1980)
  11. Rough Rider 4:52 (01 May 1980)
  12. Click Click 1:28 (01 May 1980)
  13. Big Shot 2:34 (01 May 1980)
  14. Whine & Grine / Stand Down Margaret 3:49 (01 May 1980)
  15. Noise in This World 2:18 (01 May 1980)
  16. Best Friend 3:02 (01 May 1980)
  17. Can’t Get Used to Losing You 3:04 (01 May 1980)
  18. Too Nice to Talk To 3:07 (1980)
  19. Pyschedelic Rockers ?:?? (1980)
  20. Twist and Crawl Dub 4:57 (Feb 1981)
  21. Doors of Your Heart 3:47 (Jun 1981)
  22. All Out to Get You 2:46 (Jun 1981)
  23. Monkey Murders 3:11 (Jun 1981)
  24. I Am Your Flag 2:55 (Jun 1981)
  25. French Toast (Soleil trop chaud) 3:30 (Jun 1981)
  26. Drowning 3:51 (Jun 1981)
  27. Dream Home in New Zealand 3:11 (Jun 1981)
  28. Walk Away 3:12 (Jun 1981)
  29. Over and Over 2:40 (Jun 1981)
  30. Cheated 3:29 (Jun 1981)
  31. Get-A-Job 3:12 (Jun 1981)
  32. The Limits We Set 4:16 (Jun 1981)
  33. Get A Job ?:?? (1981)
  34. Hit It! 7:33 (1981)
  35. What's Your Best Thing? 2:36 (02 Apr 1982) edit
  36. Save It for Later 3:35 (02 Apr 1982)
  37. Sole Salvation 3:05 (26 Nov 1982)
  38. I Confess 3:34 (26 Nov 1982)
  39. Doors of Your Heart [live at Hammersmith Palais] 4:04 (26 Nov 1982)
  40. Save It for Later [live at Hammersmith Palais] 3:28 (26 Nov 1982)
  41. Mirror in the Bathroom [live at Hammersmith Palais] 3:29 (26 Nov 1982)
  42. March of the Swivel Heads 5:15 (1982)
  43. Spar Wid Me 4:31 (1982)
  44. Rotating Head 3:26 (1982)
  45. Jeanette 2:48 (1982)
  46. Sorry 2:33 (1982)
  47. She’s Going 2:11 (1982)
  48. Pato and Roger a Go Talk 3:21 (1982)
  49. Sugar & Stress 2:56 (1982)
  50. End of the Party 3:33 (1982)
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On Recordings (2)

Produced

  1. Hit It 3:32 The Beat (15 Nov 1983)
  2. Get a Job / Stand Down Margaret (live at the Boston Opera House) 6:44 The Beat (15 Nov 1983)

Credited as (13)

  1. The Beat
  2. The English Beat
  3. The Beat feat. Cedric Myton
  4. The Beat / Mask
  5. English Beat
  6. The Selecter, The Beat, David Rodigan & Mungo’s Hi Fi
  7. The Selecter & The Beat
  8. The Beat with Ranking Roger
  9. The Beat feat. Ranking Roger
  10. The Beat / The Selecter
  11. The Beat / The Maxies
  12. Roddy Hart with The Beat featuring Ranking Roger & Ava Love
  13. Bad Manners / Desmond Dekker / The Beat / The Selecter

Works (22)

Wrote

  1. What's Your Best Thing?
  2. Hit It
  3. Twist & Crawl
  4. Get a Job
  5. I Confess
  6. Jeanette
  7. Sorry
  8. Sole Salvation
  9. Spar Wid Me
  10. Rotating Head
  11. Save It for Later
  12. She's Going
  13. Pato and Roger a Go Talk
  14. Sugar & Stress
  15. End of the Party
  16. Ackee 1 2 3
  17. Stand Down Margaret
  18. Best Friend
  19. Doors of Your Heart
  20. Ranking Full Stop
  21. Drowning
  22. Click Click

Events (4)

Main Performer At

  1. Top of the Pops #18.53
  2. The Beat at Colchester Arts Centre
  3. The English Beat at The Concert Hall
  4. Summerfest 2009, Day 11: Miller Lite Oasis time

Links (17)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.thebeatofficial.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_beat

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/The+Beat

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/2955121

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/29786

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000197921

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/168169342

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2165980

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/2031

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/5364

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/13607

Fan Pages

  1. http://www.thebeatuk.com/

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/EnglishBeatFans
  2. https://twitter.com/theofficialbeat

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/thebeatofficial
  2. https://myspace.com/officialbeatspace

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialTheBeat