The Beat Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are an English band formed in Birmingham in 1978. Their music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock. The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums) and Saxa a.k.a. Lionel Augustus Martin (saxophone), joined by keyboard player Dave "Blockhead" Wright in 1980, released three studio albums... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Mirror in the Bathroom - #2: Tears of a Clown / Ranking Full Stop - #3: Hands Off...She's Mine - #4: Best Friend / Stand Down Margaret (Dub) - #5: Drowning / All Out to Get You

1979

12/1979

#2 Tears of a Clown / Ranking Full Stop
The Beat

from I Just Can't Stop It

146 pts

written by Henry Cosby, William "Smokey" Robinson, Stevie Wonder & The Beat

1980

02/1980

#3 Hands Off...She's Mine
The Beat

from I Just Can't Stop It

104 pts

dance

charted as Hands Off...She's Mine / Mirror in the Bathroom / Twist & Crawl in US dance charts
written by Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton & Saxa

05/1980

#1 Mirror in the Bathroom
The Beat

from I Just Can't Stop It

162 pts

dance

charted as Hands Off...She's Mine / Mirror in the Bathroom / Twist & Crawl in US dance charts
written by Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton & Saxa

08/1980

#4 Best Friend / Stand Down Margaret (Dub)
The Beat

from I Just Can't Stop It

49 pts

written by Asgard, Crooks, Robinson, Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton & Saxa

1981

04/1981

#5 Drowning / All Out to Get You
The Beat

from Wha'ppen?

27 pts

written by Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton & Saxa

06/1981

Doors of Your Heart
The Beat

from Wha'ppen?

16 pts

written by Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton, Saxa & Colin Osborne

1982

04/1982

Save It for Later
The Beat

from Special Beat Service

14 pts

106

dance

charted as Save It for Later / Sole Salvation in US dance charts
[I.R.S. 9909]
written by Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele & Everett Morton

09/1982

Jeanette
The Beat

from Special Beat Service

11 pts

written by Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton & Saxa

12/1982

I Confess
The Beat

from Special Beat Service

13 pts

104

dance

[I.R.S. 9913]
written by Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton & Saxa

1983

10.

07/1983

Ackee 1-2-3
The Beat

from Special Beat Service

9 pts

written by Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton & Saxa