The English Beat
The Beat, known in the United States and Canada as The English Beat (and th… Read Full Bio ↴The Beat, known in the United States and Canada as The English Beat (and the British Beat in Australia and New Zealand) in order to avoid confusion with Paul Collins' band of the same name, was a popular Two Tone ska and pop music group. Formed in the English city of Birmingham in 1978, The Beat disbanded in 1983, but has reformed in the early 2000s with some of the original line-up.
One of the more popular and enduring groups of a short-lived trend, The Beat released three albums: "I Just Can't Stop It" (1980), "Wha'ppen" (1981) and "Special Beat Service" (1982), and a string of excellent singles including "Mirror in the Bathroom", the politically-charged "Stand Down Margaret" (which refers to controversial British PM Margaret Thatcher), "Save It For Later" and "I Confess".

Although the group's main fan-base was in the UK, they were also popular in Australia thanks to regular exposure on the government-owned rock radio station Triple J and the nationally-broadcast TV pop show Countdown. They had a sizeable following in the U.S., and a strong presence on that country's college radio.

After the break-up of The Beat, Dave Wakeling (guitar, lead vocals) and Ranking Roger (vocals) went on to form General Public, while Andy Cox (guitar) and David Steele (bass guitar) formed Fine Young Cannibals with vocalist Roland Gift.
Members of the band often collaborated on stage with The Specials and performed together on tracks such as "Free Nelson Mandela". In the early 1990s, Roger joined members of The Specials to form the new band The Special Beat, which released two live albums.

Ranking Roger's son, Ranking Junior, has followed in his father's footsteps. In 2005, he appeared on The Ordinary Boys' single "Boys Will Be Boys". In 2003, The Beat's original line-up, minus Cox and Steele but with the addition of Junior, played a sold-out one-off gig at the Royal Festival Hall. As of 2005, The Beat has reformed, counting Roger, Blockhead and Morton of the original line-up, with Ranking Junior also on vocals. The band is said to have the blessing of Cox, Steele and Saxa (of Desmond Dekker fame).

The Beat's lead singer Dave Wakeling also continues to tour as The English Beat, as he has done for the last three decades, with an amazing all-star ska backing band playing the hits of The English Beat, General Public, and his new songs.




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The English Beat Lyrics


A Go Talk Pato and Roger ago talk (Right) Aha, uhu Pato and Roger ago …
Ackee 1 2 3 Cross your fingers, say you're on high Pretend you're in deb…
ackee 1 2 3"|"--"|"--"|"--"|"--"|"--" Cross your fingers say you're on high Pretend you're in den…
Ackee 1-2-3 Cross your fingers, say you're on high Pretend you're in de…
All Out to Get You Don't attempt to explain this incredible strain now confusio…
Be There for You The whole world is made of water That much is true And…
Best Friend I just found out the name of your best friend You…
Big Shot Yes, I've seen you go to work in your big…
Can Ah ha Ooh hoo Go on How can you stand there When all…
Can't Get Used to Losing You Guess there's no use in hangin' 'round Guess I'll get dresse…
Cheated A valentine from a politician Three pages of your dog's amb…
Click Click It's a one shot magazine, give it a spin Open your…
Dem Call It Ska Life coming in so many levels Nothing is quite what it…



Doors Of Your Heart Every story has to be about something I suppose This one…
Dream Home In New Zealand It's a must, it's compulsive A family entertainment Play A…
Dream Home in NZ It's a must, it's compulsive A family entertainment Play A…
Drive Her Away Kept begging for the words to stop After they'd all been…
Drowning Compromise around the corner Can you hear the accountant's …
End of the Party She said to leave it till the end of the…
Every Time You Told Me When we met you were shining Like a diamond in a…
French Toast Mon amour, sur l'eau des fontaines, mon amour Ou le vent…
Get-A-Job There's a training course where Boys and girls of real ambit…
Get-A-Job / Stand Down Margaret There's a training course boys and girls of real ambition …
hand's off…she's mine I told my friend I'd check for you He told me…
Here We Go Love Living in a fucking fairy tale Seems I'm not the only…
Hit It senseless up and down we go six thousand million million ti…
How Can You Stand There? Ah ha Ooh hoo Go on How can you stand there When all…
I Am Your Flag Yes, I'll be down your street again quite soon And don't…
I Confess Just out of spite, I confess I've ruined three lives Now don…
If Killing Worked Turn on your TV, see what they've done? They've made our…
Jackpot Great song's called the jackpot Well look at that Say hip, h…
Jeanette All set luncheonette Kitchenette to let I bet I get hamburge…
March Of The Swivelheads Rotating head, keeps on the right side Colied up and…
March of the Swivel Heads Rotating head, keeps on the right side Coiled up and tense…
March of the Swivelheads Rotating head, keeps on the right side Coiled up and tense…
Mirror in the Bathroom Mirror in the bathroom Please talk free The door is locked J…
Monkey Murders At the center, no one warns you When that moment might…
Never Die We said we would never die But what did we know? Taken…
Noise In This World Looking for a girlfriend I want everything Noise in this wor…
Over And Over Promise your secrecy into the microphone Into the megaphone…
Pato And Roger A Go Talk Pato and Roger ago talk (Right) Aha, uhu Pato and Roger a…
Rank Full Stop Rankin' come forward Full stop, say ranking full stop Full s…
Redemption Time This is the start of the deep end Feel like the…
Rotating Head Rotating heads, keeps on the right side Coiled up and tense…
Rough Rider Great song's the rough rider y'know Run like a spider Run li…
Save It For Later Two dozen other dirty lovers Must be a sucker for it Cry…
She's Going Don't want him But she can't bear to tell him Don't love…
Sole Salvation Of course I want there to be an us I've always…
Sorry Try to live but it's more like worry Each time I…
Spar Wid Me In a me yard You noh fe gwan like you hard In…
Stand Down Margaret Come whether you whine or grine I say whether you whine…
Sugar And Stress I've always been crazy and the trouble that it's put…
Tears of a Clown Say oh yeah baby baby Now if there's a smile on…
The Limits We Set I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I…
The Love You Give Everybody loses everyone they've ever loved Sad that we all …
The One and the Only He's a bit too sharp Too quick off the mark A regular…
The Tears Of A Clown Say oh yeah baby baby Now if there's a smile on…
Too Nice to Talk To It's too late now, it's twenty past two I spent the…
Twist Something shows in your face Aren't you forgetting yourself …
Two Swords I've never been one for the punch-ups But, look, I really…
Walk Away Then she said "If you ever try to lean on me…
What's Your Best Thing Here we go now shuffle in the half-light Hanging on the…
What's Your Best Thing? Here we go now shuffle in the half-light Hanging on the…
What; S Your Best Thing Here we go now shuffle in the half-light Hanging on the…
Whine & Grind Stand Down Margaret Come whether you whine or grine I say whether you whine…
You Really Oughtta Know And as the darkness disappears Can you still not see it? Kno…
You're Stuck You're stuck Like dragging your feet through the mud Always …


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