And the Beat Goes On (song)

"And the Beat Goes On" is a 1980 single by the American music group The Whispers. The song was their first of two number-one singles on the Soul chart, and their first Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at no. 19.[2]  "And the Beat Goes On" was The Whispers only number one song on the dance chart.[3]  It was also their first and biggest hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at no. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song appeared on the Canadian RPM charts, peaking at no. 27.



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[hide]  *1 Track listing  ==Track listing[ edit] == ==Chart performance[ edit] == ===Weekly charts[ edit] === ==Sampling[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Monie Love sampled the song's background for her 1989 hit, "I Can Do This".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[22]  Will Smith used a sample of the song for his 1998 hit single, "Miami".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[23]  Madonna also sampled parts of this song during her performance of "Beat Goes On" on her 2008–2009 Sticky & Sweet Tour. ==In popular culture<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The song is featured in the videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[24] ==Editing and remixes<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The song was also remixed in house music style<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[27]  and in 2010, DJ OzYBoY released a remix in which "And the Beat Goes On" is melted with MARRS's "Pump Up The Volume".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[28]
 * 2 Chart performance
 * 2.1 Weekly charts
 * 2.2 Year-end charts
 * 3 Sampling
 * 4 In popular culture
 * 5 Editing and remixes
 * 6 References
 * 7" single<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BEL_4-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4]
 * 1) "And the Beat Goes On" – 3:25
 * 2) "Can You Do the Boogie" – 3:50
 * 12" single<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BEL_4-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4]
 * 1) "And the Beat Goes On" – 7:30
 * 2) "Can You Do the Boogie" – 6:07
 * 1987: Commander Tom – "And the Rap Goes On" – 6:51
 * 1988: MC Miker G & DJ Sven – "And the Bite Goes On" – 6:24 (This song also samples Shalamar's "The Second Time Around")
 * 1999: Daft Punk – "And the Beat Goes On" – 2:35 (as part of their BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix from Christmas Day 1999)
 * 2012: Prince Fatty & Hollie Cook – "And the Beat Goes On" – 2:51<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[25]
 * 2012: Legowelt – "And the Beat Goes On" – 4:36<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[26]
 * 2013: Palace of Malice – "Primetime" (sampled beat)