Bronski Beat
"Hit That Perfect Beat"
(1985)
"Hit That Perfect Beat" is a single from the British synth pop trio Bronski Beat and appeared on their 1986 album Truthdare Doubledare. It became a popular dance hit and reached number three in the UK charts in November 1985 and reached the top ten in many European countries and across the world. The video for the song featured front man and vocalist John Foster alongside the other two band members playing at a Liverpool club called "The State" as well as scenes from in and around Stanley Dock. The song also featured in the 1985 British film Letter to Brezhnev, Can also be heard in the background in the Only Fools And Horses 1985 Christmas special To Hull and Back, in Sid's Cafe.
The song's refrain is also quoted in the Die Antwoord song Beat Boy and video, Zef Side.
The song also appears at the end of A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica, where Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted dance to the song's chorus during the film's credits.
"Hit That Perfect Beat" is a single from the British synth pop trio Bronski Beat and appeared on their 1986 album Truthdare Doubledare. It became a popular dance hit and reached number three in the UK charts in November 1985 and reached the top ten in many European countries and across the world. The video for the song featured front man and vocalist John Foster alongside the other two band members playing at a Liverpool club called "The State" as well as scenes from in and around Stanley Dock. The song also featured in the 1985 British film Letter to Brezhnev, Can also be heard in the background in the Only Fools And Horses 1985 Christmas special To Hull and Back, in Sid's Cafe.
The song's refrain is also quoted in the Die Antwoord song Beat Boy and video, Zef Side.
The song also appears at the end of A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica, where Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted dance to the song's chorus during the film's credits.
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