Beat This! The Best of the Beat

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.

Beat This! The Best of the Beat
European cover
Greatest hits album by The Beat
Released	November 20, 2000 September 11, 2001 (US)
Genre	Ska 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	[1]

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 Wh'appen) 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".[2]

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. Dave, Thompson. "Beat This! The Best of the Beat – The English Beat | Songs, Reviews, Credits| AllMusic". Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. "The English Beat". englishbeat.net. Retrieved 2020-09-27.