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Hit That Perfect Beat

{{Short description|1985 single by Bronski Beat}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Hit That Perfect Beat

| cover = Hit That Perfect Beat cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Bronski Beat

| album = Truthdare Doubledare

| B-side = I Gave You Everything

| released = 11 November 1985{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1985/Music-Week-1985-11-09-I.pdf|title=Music Week|page=20}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Hi-NRG{{cite magazine|first1= Ira |last1= Robbins |first2= Terry |last2= Rompers |title= Bronski Beat |magazine= Trouser Press |access-date= 25 October 2013 |url= http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bronski_beat}}{{cite web|first= Dan |last= LeRoy |title= Bronski Beat – Truthdare Doubledare |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/truthdare-doubledare-mw0000193100 |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 25 October 2013}}{{cite magazine|title= Reviews > Dance > Picks > Bronski Beat – Hit That Perfect Beat |date= 22 February 1986 |page= 71 |volume= 98 |issue= 8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wSQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22hi+nrg%22&pg=PT50 |magazine= Billboard |issn= 0006-2510}}

| length = 3:38

| label =

| writer =

| producer = Adam Williams

| prev_title = I Feel Love

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = C'mon! C'mon!

| next_year = 1986

| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|11_7972LjCc|"Hit That Perfect Beat"}}}}

}}

"Hit That Perfect Beat" is a song by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat from their second album, Truthdare Doubledare (1986). It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart in January 1986 and entered the top 10 in several European countries, Australia, and South Africa.

Music video

The video for the song featured frontman and vocalist John Foster in the video seeking to join the group after reading an advert in a newspaper and fronts an audition to join the group. The video also features the other two band members playing with Foster at a Liverpool club called "The State" as well as scenes from in and around Stanley Dock, and flashes from the 1985 film Letter to Brezhnev.

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|others=Bronski Beat|year=1985|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Forbidden Fruit, London Records|id=BITE 6, 886 007-7}}

| title1 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| title2 = I Gave You Everything

}}

{{track listing

| headline = UK, Australasian, and Japanese 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|others=Bronski Beat|year=1985|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Forbidden Fruit, London Records|id=BITEX 6, 886 007-1}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|others=Bronski Beat|year=1985|type=Australasian 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=London Records|id=886 007-1}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|others=Bronski Beat|year=1985|type=Japanese 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=London Records|id=L12P 7109}}

| title1 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| note1 = extended version

| length1 = 6:25

| title2 = I Gave You Everything

| length2 = 4:00

}}

{{track listing

| headline = UK 12-inch single (Instant mix){{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|others=Bronski Beat|year=1985|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Forbidden Fruit, London Records|id=BITER 6, 886 018-1}}

| title1 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| note1 = Instant mix

| title2 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| note2 = Instant dub

| title3 = I Gave You Everything

}}

{{track listing

| headline = UK 12-inch single (Metropolitan version){{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|others=Bronski Beat|year=1985|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Forbidden Fruit, London Records|id=BITXX 6}}

| title1 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| note1 = Metropolitan version

| title2 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| note2 = Instant dub

| title3 = I Gave You Everything

}}

{{track listing

| headline = US 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|others=Bronski Beat|year=1985|type=US 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=MCA Records, London Records|id=MCA-23605}}

| title1 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| note1 = remix

| length1 = 8:26

| title2 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| note2 = original mix

| length2 = 6:25

| title3 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| note3 = dub

| length3 = 7:10

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Canadian 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|others=Bronski Beat|year=1985|type=Canadian 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=London Records|id=LDSX 226}}

| title1 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| note1 = extended version

| title2 = Hit That Perfect Beat

| note2 = Instant mix

}}

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1985–1986)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=St Ives, NSW |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

|3

{{single chart|Austria|11|artist=Bronski Beat|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
{{single chart|Flanders|23|artist=Bronski Beat|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|91|chartid=0664|rowheader=true|access-date=30 May 2022}}
scope="row"|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine|title=European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=3|issue=4|page=20|date=1 February 1986}}

|8

{{single chart|Ireland2|5|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|rowheader=true|access-date=30 May 2022}}
scope="row"|Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e dischi|language=it}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Bronski Beat".

|5

{{single chart|Dutch40|16|year=1986|week=2|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|19|artist=Bronski Beat|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
scope="row"|South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web|url=http://rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(H-I).html|title=SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Songs H–I|website=rock.co.za|access-date=30 May 2022}}

|5

{{single chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Bronski Beat|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|3|artist=Bronski Beat|artistid=21709|rowheader=true|access-date=30 May 2022}}
{{single chart|West Germany|4|artist=Bronski Beat|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|songid=1384|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1986)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite magazine|url=https://i.imgur.com/F7ais40.jpg|title=National Top 100 Singles for 1986|magazine=Kent Music Report|issue=650|date=December 1986|via=Imgur|access-date= 24 January 2023}}

|20

scope="row"|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine|title=European Hot 100 Singles: Hot 100 of the Year 1986|magazine=Music & Media|volume=3|issue=51/52|page=28|date=27 December 1986}}

|77

scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1986|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1986|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=21 February 2022}}

|29

scope="row"|West Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1986|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1986|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=30 May 2022}}

|32

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Bronski Beat|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|award=Silver|relyear=1985|certyear=1986|id=2908-1387-1|access-date=30 May 2022}}

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In other media

The song appears in Metallica's 1992 documentary A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica, showcasing the recording of their Eponymous fifth studio album. During the credits, a scene showing drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist Kirk Hammett dancing to the song as bassist Jason Newsted bobs his head comedically.{{cite web|url= https://metalinjection.net/lists/metallica-lolz|title=10 times Metallica made us laugh}}

References

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{{Bronski Beat}}

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Category:1985 singles

Category:1985 songs

Category:Bronski Beat songs

Category:London Records singles