"The Beat Goes On" | ||||
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Single by Sonny & Cher | ||||
from the album In Case You're in Love | ||||
B-side | "Love Don't Come" | |||
Released | January 1967 | |||
Recorded | December 13, 1966 | |||
Studio | Gold Star Recording Studio, Hollywood | |||
Genre | Psychedelic pop | |||
Length | 3:18 | |||
Label | Atco | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sonny Bono [1] | |||
Producer(s) | Sonny Bono | |||
Sonny & Cher singles chronology | ||||
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Official audio | ||||
"The Beat Goes On" on YouTube |
"The Beat Goes On" is a song written and composed by Sonny Bono and recorded by Sonny & Cher. [1] It was issued as a single and appeared on their 1967 album In Case You're in Love. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 14, 1967, peaking at number six.
The backing music for the song was recorded using the renowned group of Los Angeles session musicians who, in time, came to be known collectively as " The Wrecking Crew." The arrangement is credited to Harold Battiste, but Wrecking Crew bassist Carol Kaye asserts that at the session she devised the distinctive syncopated bass line that is featured on the released recording, replacing the original walking bass line in the prepared arrangement:
The recording session for the song was held on December 13, 1966 at the Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles with a backing band of 19 musicians from The Wrecking Crew. [3] After a two and a half hour session to record the song, guitarist Barney Kessel is reported to have stood up and proclaimed, "Never have so many played so little for so much." [4]
The song was sung at Sonny Bono's funeral, and the phrase "And the beat goes on" appears on his tombstone. [5]
AllMusic highlighted this track in its review of the In Case You're in Love album. [6]
The song's lyrics deal mainly with current events of the time, with the refrain "(And) the beat goes on, the beat goes on" following each verse.
Sonny and Cher performed the song many times on their hit 1970s television variety shows, as well as in their live concerts. The song was included in the "Sonny and Cher" video montages during Cher's Do You Believe? Tour and The Farewell Tour. Cher performed the song live with Sonny's voice track on her successful Cher at the Colosseum show as well as her 2014 Dressed to Kill Tour and 2017-2020 Classic Cher shows. It was also performed during her Here We Go Again Tour (2018-2020). In 2019, Cher performed the song during the season finale of Dancing with the Stars. [7]
According to the AFM contract sheet, the following musicians played on the track. [8]
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"Beat Goes On" | ||||
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Single by All Seeing I | ||||
from the album Pickled Eggs and Sherbet | ||||
B-side | "Booty in the I" | |||
Released | 1997 | |||
Length | 4:03 | |||
Label | Earth Records, FFRR | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sonny Bono | |||
All Seeing I singles chronology | ||||
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In 1997, British electronic music group All Seeing I released a version sampling the vocals from the Buddy Rich version. When re-released in 1998, it peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart. [19] It also reached the top 40 in Scotland and New Zealand.
All Seeing I also produced a cover version of the song for Britney Spears in November 1998, as the last track on her debut album, ...Baby One More Time.
Other versions were recorded by jazz pianist/singer Patricia Barber, Italian singer Mina, and the French duo Casino Music.
The song is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "And the Beat Goes On", as the closing lyric adds the word "and" to the song's title. R&B vocal group the Whispers, released an unrelated song titled " And the Beat Goes On" in 1980.[ citation needed]
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"The Beat Goes On" | ||||
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Single by Sonny & Cher | ||||
from the album In Case You're in Love | ||||
B-side | "Love Don't Come" | |||
Released | January 1967 | |||
Recorded | December 13, 1966 | |||
Studio | Gold Star Recording Studio, Hollywood | |||
Genre | Psychedelic pop | |||
Length | 3:18 | |||
Label | Atco | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sonny Bono [1] | |||
Producer(s) | Sonny Bono | |||
Sonny & Cher singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Official audio | ||||
"The Beat Goes On" on YouTube |
"The Beat Goes On" is a song written and composed by Sonny Bono and recorded by Sonny & Cher. [1] It was issued as a single and appeared on their 1967 album In Case You're in Love. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 14, 1967, peaking at number six.
The backing music for the song was recorded using the renowned group of Los Angeles session musicians who, in time, came to be known collectively as " The Wrecking Crew." The arrangement is credited to Harold Battiste, but Wrecking Crew bassist Carol Kaye asserts that at the session she devised the distinctive syncopated bass line that is featured on the released recording, replacing the original walking bass line in the prepared arrangement:
The recording session for the song was held on December 13, 1966 at the Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles with a backing band of 19 musicians from The Wrecking Crew. [3] After a two and a half hour session to record the song, guitarist Barney Kessel is reported to have stood up and proclaimed, "Never have so many played so little for so much." [4]
The song was sung at Sonny Bono's funeral, and the phrase "And the beat goes on" appears on his tombstone. [5]
AllMusic highlighted this track in its review of the In Case You're in Love album. [6]
The song's lyrics deal mainly with current events of the time, with the refrain "(And) the beat goes on, the beat goes on" following each verse.
Sonny and Cher performed the song many times on their hit 1970s television variety shows, as well as in their live concerts. The song was included in the "Sonny and Cher" video montages during Cher's Do You Believe? Tour and The Farewell Tour. Cher performed the song live with Sonny's voice track on her successful Cher at the Colosseum show as well as her 2014 Dressed to Kill Tour and 2017-2020 Classic Cher shows. It was also performed during her Here We Go Again Tour (2018-2020). In 2019, Cher performed the song during the season finale of Dancing with the Stars. [7]
According to the AFM contract sheet, the following musicians played on the track. [8]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
|
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"Beat Goes On" | ||||
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Single by All Seeing I | ||||
from the album Pickled Eggs and Sherbet | ||||
B-side | "Booty in the I" | |||
Released | 1997 | |||
Length | 4:03 | |||
Label | Earth Records, FFRR | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sonny Bono | |||
All Seeing I singles chronology | ||||
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In 1997, British electronic music group All Seeing I released a version sampling the vocals from the Buddy Rich version. When re-released in 1998, it peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Chart. [19] It also reached the top 40 in Scotland and New Zealand.
All Seeing I also produced a cover version of the song for Britney Spears in November 1998, as the last track on her debut album, ...Baby One More Time.
Other versions were recorded by jazz pianist/singer Patricia Barber, Italian singer Mina, and the French duo Casino Music.
The song is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "And the Beat Goes On", as the closing lyric adds the word "and" to the song's title. R&B vocal group the Whispers, released an unrelated song titled " And the Beat Goes On" in 1980.[ citation needed]
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