Beat This! The Best of the Beat

Beat This! The Best of the Beat
European cover
Greatest hits album by the Beat
Released	20 November 2000 (2000-11-20) 11 September 2001 (2001-09-11) (US)
Genre	Ska ska punk[1] new wave
Length	47:27 47:09 (US)
Label	Go-Feet London-Sire (US)
Producer	Bob Sargeant
The Beat chronology
B.P.M.: The Very Best of the Beat (1996) Beat This! The Best of the Beat (2000) The Platinum Collection (2006)
Alternative cover
US cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Beat This! The Best of the Beat (released as Beat This! The Best of the English Beat in the US) is a greatest hits album by British ska/new wave band the Beat, released on 20 November 2000 in Europe by Go-Feet Records and on 11 September 2001 in the US by London-Sire Records.

As well as a different track order, the US version is different from the European release in that the track "Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret" (which was from the album I Just Can’t Stop It ) has been replaced with the dub version of "Stand Down Margaret" (which was originally released as a double A-side single with "Best Friend"). The US version is also an enhanced CD that includes exclusive online content and 5 music videos, which are "Doors of Your Heart", "Drowning", "Mirror in the Bathroom", "Save It for Later" and "Too Nice to Talk To".^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Beat, except where noted

Beat This! The Best of the Beat

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mirror in the Bathroom"		3:07
2.	"Save It for Later"		3:35
3.	"I Confess"		4:32
4.	"Tears of a Clown"	Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson	2:39
5.	"Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret"	Prince Buster, The Beat	3:50
6.	"Best Friend"		3:01
7.	"Ranking Full Stop"		2:48
8.	"Can't Get Used to Losing You"	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	3:01
9.	"Hands Off...She's Mine"		3:02
10.	"Twist and Crawl"	The Beat, Les Bradell	2:35
11.	"Too Nice to Talk To"		3:08
12.	"Doors of Your Heart"	The Beat, Colin Osborne	3:47
13.	"Click Click"		1:28
14.	"Sole Salvation"		3:04
15.	"Drowning"		3:50
Total length:			47:27

Beat This! The Best of the English Beat

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mirror in the Bathroom"		3:06
2.	"Best Friend"		2:59
3.	"Hands Off...She's Mine"		3:00
4.	"Too Nice to Talk To"		3:08
5.	"Doors of Your Heart"	The Beat, Colin Osborne	3:46
6.	"I Confess"		4:31
7.	"Twist and Crawl"	The Beat, Les Bradell	2:35
8.	"Ranking Full Stop"		2:47
9.	"Drowning"		3:51
10.	"Save It for Later"		3:34
11.	"Sole Salvation"		3:04
12.	"Click Click"		1:30
13.	"Tears of a Clown"	Cosby, Wonder, Robinson	2:38
14.	"Can't Get Used to Losing You"	Pomus, Shuman	3:01
15.	"Stand Down Margaret" (Dub)	The Beat	3:39
Total length:			47:09

References

1. Blender Staff (May 2003). "500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die!". Blender. New York: Dennis Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
2. Dave, Thompson. "Beat This! The Best of the Beat – The English Beat | Songs, Reviews, Credits| AllMusic". Retrieved 27 September 2020.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
4. "The English Beat". englishbeat.net. Retrieved 27 September 2020.