Teen Beat (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Teen Beat
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Sandy Nelson
| album = Sandy Nelson Plays Teen Beat
| B-side = Big Jump
| released = 1959{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Sandy-Nelson-Teen-Beat/master/143627|title=Teen Beat|year=1959 |publisher=Discogs}}
| recorded =
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| genre = Instrumental
| length = 2:22 (single version)
2:55 (album version){{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Sandy-Nelson-Teen-Beat/master/443114|title=Plays Teen Beat|year=1960 |publisher=Discogs}}
| label = Original Sound Records
| writer = Arthur Egnoian & Sandy Nelson (Teen Beat)
Arthur Egnoian (Big Jump)
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Drum Party
| next_year = 1960
}}
"Teen Beat" is a 1959 instrumental number by Sandy Nelson. Released on Original Sound Records, it rose to number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1959.{{cite web|author=Sandy Nelson |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sandy-nelson-mn0000296209/awards |title=Sandy Nelson - Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=1938-12-01 |accessdate=2013-03-30}} It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.{{cite book
| first= Joseph
| last= Murrells
| year= 1978
| title= The Book of Golden Discs
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd
| location= London
| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/116 116]
| isbn= 0-214-20512-6
| url-access= registration
| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/116
}} In addition, the song made #17 on the R&B Singles Chart and #9 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/sandy%20nelson|title=The Official Charts Company - Teen Beat (song)|date=6 May 2013|publisher=The Official Charts Company}} The song also made #36 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1959.php|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1959|accessdate=2011-01-13|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102011043/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1959.php|archivedate=2014-01-02}} The guitar was played on the recording by co-writer Richard Podolor, later a songwriter and record producer, and the piano was by Bruce Johnston. Brown, Tony, Jon Kutner & Neil Warwick, The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums, Omnibus Press, London, 2002 p.712
A re-recorded version, released as a single in 1964 and titled "Teen Beat '65", also made the Billboard and Cashbox charts.
DTV, in 1984, set the instrumental number to the playing cards from Alice in Wonderland and Thru the Mirror.