The Beast (song)

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"The Beast"
The Beast (Angus and Julia Stone album).jpg
Single by Angus and Julia Stone
from the album A Book Like This
Released18 August 2007 (2007-08-18)
Length3:50
Songwriter(s) Angus Stone, Julia Stone
Producer(s) Fran Healy
Angus and Julia Stone singles chronology
"Private Lawns"
(2007)
"The Beast"
(2007)
"Wasted"
(2008)

"The Beast" is a song by Australian singer songwriters Angus & Julia Stone. It was released in August 2007 [1] as the lead single from the duo's debut studio album A Book Like This . The song peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Charts; becoming the duo's first charting single. The single was released in the United Kingdom in October 2007. [2]

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008, the song was nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Single.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Angus & Julia Stone.

Australian release
No.TitleLength
1."The Beast"3:50
2."Purple Skivvy"2:50
3."I'll Wait"3:00
4."Little Bird"4:30
United Kingdom release
No.TitleLength
1."The Beast"3:50
2."Purple Skivvy"2:50
3."I'll Wait"3:00
4."Choking"5:46
5."Little Bird"4:30
6."The Beast" (video clip)3:53

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 40

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References

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  2. "The Beast". iTunes GB. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. "Angus & Julia Stone – The Beast". ARIA Top 50 Singles.