Beat Boy (song)

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"Beat Boy"
Visage-beat-boy-album.jpg
Single by Visage
from the album Beat Boy
B-side "Beat Boy" (Dub)
Released4 November 1984
Recorded Trident Studios, 1983
Genre
Length3:30
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Steve Strange, Rusty Egan, Steve Barnacle, Dave Formula, Andy Barnett
Producer(s) Visage
Visage singles chronology
"Love Glove"
(1984)
"Beat Boy"
(1984)
"Shameless Fashion"
(2013)

"Beat Boy" is a 1984 song by the British synth-pop band Visage, released as a single in November 1984.

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The track was taken as the second single from Visage's third album, Beat Boy , and became the band's last single before they split up in 1985. The single was a commercial failure and did not chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Jean-Claude Luyat and shot in Africa, as a part of a full-length video incorporating songs from The Anvil and Beat Boy. It pictures dancing tribes and Steve Strange traveling across savanna. [1] The clip was later included on the Visage video album in 1986.

Track listings

A. "Beat Boy" – 3:30
B. "Beat Boy" (Dub) – 3:48
A. "Beat Boy" (Dance Mix) – 7:15
B. "Beat Boy" (Dance Dub) – 5:23
A. "Beat Boy" (Machine Mix (10 Min) Dance Mix) – 9:54
B. "Beat Boy" ((10 Min) Dance Mix) – 8:45

Personnel

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