Beats International

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Beats International was a British music project. It was launched in Brighton in 1989 by musician Norman Cook and singer Lindy Layton .

biography

Cook founded Beats International a year after his band The Housemartins broke up . With the first single Dub Be Good to Me , a Dub - Reggae - cover version of the hit Just Be Good to Me the SOS Band from 1983, reaching Beats International beginning in March 1990 number one of the British singles chart and stayed there for four weeks. In the German single charts , the song made it to number four. The sample is originally from The Clash (Guns of Brixton) .

The follow-up single Won't Talk About It , which Cook originally recorded with Billy Bragg , also reached the top ten in Great Britain. Four other singles were placed in the English charts, but only achieved average placements.

In 1991 Cook broke up the band and turned to his new project Freak Power . Norman Cook later had his greatest solo successes under the name Fatboy Slim .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1990 Let Them Eat Bingo DE41 (12 weeks)
DE 		AT23 (5 weeks)
AT 		CH30 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK17th
gold
gold

(15 weeks)UK 		US162 (6 weeks)
US

More albums

  • 1990: Let Them Eat Remixes
  • 1991: Excursion on the Version
  • 2007: Eat Bingo + Remix (2 CDs)
  • 2007: Floorfillers Anthems

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1990 Dub Be Good to Me
Let Them Eat Bingo 		DE4 (19 weeks)
DE 		AT2 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH6 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK1
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK 		US76 (5 weeks)
US
Beats International feat. Lindy
Authors: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis , Norman Cook
Original: The SOS Band - Just Be Good to Me , 1983
Won't Talk About It
Let Them Eat Bingo 		DE26 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT27 (1 week)
AT 		CH24 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK9 (7 weeks)
UK 		US76 (8 weeks)
US
Authors: Billy Bragg , Kevin Smith,
Norman Cook, Rodney Stone
Burundi Blues
Let Them Eat Bingo 		- - - UK51 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
Traditional , producer: Norman Cook
1991 Echo Chamber
Excursion on the Version 		- - - UK60 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
Writer and producer: Norman Cook
The Sun Doesn't Shine
Excursion on the Version 		DE87 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - UK66 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
Writer and producer: Norman Cook
In the Ghetto
Excursion on the Version 		DE89 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - UK44 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
Writer: Mac Davis , Producer: Norman Cook
Original: Elvis Presley , 1969

More singles

  • 1989: For Spacious Lies
  • 1990: Bingo Beats
  • 1992: Change Your Mind

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums US1 US2
  2. ↑ a b UK gold / platinum database

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