The Beat discography

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This is the discography of British 2-tone/ska band The Beat (known as The English Beat in the US and Canada) and its subsequent incarnations as The Beat featuring Ranking Roger based in the UK, and The English Beat starring Dave Wakeling based in the US.

Albums[]

Studio albums[]

The Beat / The English Beat[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		NZ
[3] 		NOR
[4] 		SWE
[5] 		US
[6]
1980 I Just Can't Stop It 3 66 30 30 — 142
1981 Wha'ppen?
  • Release date: 8 May 1981
  • Label: Go-Feet, Sire
  • Format: LP, MC
 3 59 20 — 28 126
1982 Special Beat Service
  • Release date: 1 October 1982
  • Label: Go-Feet, I.R.S.
  • Format: LP, MC, 8-track
 21 — 50 — — 39
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

The Beat featuring Ranking Roger[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1] 		UK Indie
[8][9] 		US Reggae
[10]
2016 Bounce
  • Release date: 30 September 2016
  • Label: DMF
  • Format: CD, LP
 49 15 8
2019 Public Confidential
  • Release date: 25 January 2019
  • Label: DMF
  • Format: CD, LP
 — 7 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

The English Beat starring Dave Wakeling[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions
UK Indie
[11] 		US Indie
[12]
2018 Here We Go Love!
  • Release date: 25 May 2018
  • Label: Here We Go
  • Format: CD, LP
 10 17

Live albums[]

The English Beat[]

Year Album details
2012 Live! at the US Festival
  • Release date: 10 September 2012
  • Label: Floating World/Shout! Factory
  • Format: CD + DVD

The Beat with Ranking Roger / The Beat featuring Ranking Roger[]

Year Album details Peak chart positions
UK Indie
[13]
2013 Live in London
  • Release date: 2013
  • Label: Concert Live
  • Format: CD
 —
2018 Live at the Roundhouse
  • Release date: 8 June 2018
  • Label: DMF
  • Format: CD + DVD-V, LP + DVD-V
 31
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums[]

Year Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		NZ
[3] 		US
[6]
1983 What Is Beat?
  • Release date: 3 June 1983
  • Label: Go-Feet, I.R.S.
  • Format: 2xLP, LP, 2xMC, MC
 10 44 14 87
1996 B.P.M.: The Very Best of the Beat
  • Release date: 29 January 1996
  • Label: Arista
  • Format: CD, 2xCD, MC, 2xMC
 13 — — —
2000 Beat This! The Best of the Beat
  • Release date: 20 November 2000
  • Label: Go-Feet, London-Sire
  • Format: CD
  • Released in the US as Beat This! The Best of the English Beat in 2001
 — — — —
2006 The Platinum Collection — — — —
2008 You Just Can't Beat It: The Best of the Beat
  • Release date: 4 February 2008
  • Label: Music Club
  • Format: 2xCD
 — — — —
2012 Keep the Beat: The Very Best of the English Beat
  • Release date: 10 July 2012
  • Label: Shout! Factory
  • Format: CD
 — — — —
2015 Greatest — — — —
2017 Hard to Beat: Best of the Beat
  • Release date: 25 August 2017
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD
 — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Box sets[]

Year Album details
2012 The Complete Beat
  • Release date: 10 July 2012
  • Label: Shout! Factory
  • Format: 5xCD
  • All three studio albums remastered plus 2 CDs of bonus content
The Vinyl Collection
  • Release date: 19 November 2012
  • Label: Edsel
  • Format: 4xLP
  • All three studio albums plus a bonus dub LP.
2014 The Complete Studio Recordings
  • Release date: 12 May 2014
  • Label: Edsel
  • Format: 4xCD
  • All three studio albums plus a CD of non-album singles and dub tracks.
2015 The 7" Singles Collection
  • Release date: 18 April 2015
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: 13x7-inch
  • Vinyl box set of all thirteen 7-inch singles

Singles[]

The Beat / The English Beat[]

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		BE
[14] 		IRE
[15] 		NL
[16] 		NZ
[3] 		US
[17][18] 		US Dance
[19]
1979 "Tears of a Clown"/"Ranking Full Stop" (Double A-side) 6 — 23 16 — — — — Non-album single
(Included on the US version of I Just Cant Stop It)
1980 "Hands Off...She's Mine"/"Twist and Crawl" (Double A-side) 9 — — 1 41 — — 22 I Just Can't Stop It
"Mirror in the Bathroom" 4 — — 7 — — —
"Best Friend"/"Stand Down Margaret (Dub)" (Double A-side) 22 — — — — — — —
"Too Nice to Talk To" 7 73 — 6 — — — — Non-album single
1981 "Drowning"/"All Out to Get You" (Double A-side) 22 — — 18 — — — — Wha'ppen?
"Doors of Your Heart" 33 — — — — — — —
"Hit It (Auto Erotic)" 70 — — — — — — — Non-album single
1982 "Save It for Later" 47 — — — — — 106 58 Special Beat Service
"Jeanette" 45 — — — — — — —
"I Confess" 54 — — — — — 105 34
1983 "Can't Get Used to Losing You" 3 77 9 2 12 47 — — What is Beat?
"Ackee 1-2-3" 54 — — — — — — —
1996 "Mirror in the Bathroom" (remix) 44 — — — — — — — B.P.M.: The Very Best of the Beat
2012 "Mirror in the Bathroom"/"Too Nice to Talk To" (Double A-side) — — — — — — — — Record Store Day exclusive
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or has not yet been released

The Beat featuring Ranking Roger[]

Year Single Album
2016 "Walking on the Wrong Side" Bounce
"Heaven Hiding" (promo release)
"Avoid the Obvious" (promo release)
"Side to Side" (promo release)
2017 "Fire Burn" / "Walk the Walk" (limited release) Live at the Roundhouse
2018 "Maniac" Public Confidential
2019 "Who's Dat Looking" (promo release)

The English Beat starring Dave Wakeling[]

Year Single Album
2018 "You're Stuck" (promo release) Here We Go Love!
"The One and the Only" (promo release)
"How Can You Stand There?" (promo release)

Videos[]

Video albums[]

Year Title Details
1983 Can't Get Used to Losing You: Greatest Hits
  • Released: September 1983
  • Label: Palace
  • Medium: VHS, Betamax
  • Re-released in 1986 by Channel 5
Live in Concert
  • Released: December 1983
  • Label: WOT Video
  • Medium: VHS, Betamax
2005 In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall
  • Released: 23 August 2005
  • Label: Secret Films/Music Video Distributors
  • Medium: DVD

Music videos[]

Year Title
1980 "Mirror in the Bathroom"
"Best Friend"
"Too Nice to Talk To"
1981 "Drowning"
"Doors of Your Heart"
"Hit It (Auto Erotic)"
1982 "Save It for Later"
"I Confess"

References[]

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