| The Beat | ||
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| compilation album | ||
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| Country | USA 
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| Catalogue no. | TU 5040 | |
| Label | K-Tel | |
| Format | 12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM) | |
| Length | 14 tracks | |
| Released | 1982 | |
| Genre | Pop, Rock, New Wave | |
| Producer | various | |
| reverse cover | ||
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| featuring Duran Duran | ||
The Beat: Sound Wave of the 80's is a 12" vinyl compilation album featuring Duran Duran, released in the USA by K-Tel during 1982.
About the album[]
The album is a collection of songs by various artists, which is one of the earliest to feature Duran Duran. "Girls on Film" is included, the band's third single originally released in July 1981.
The Beat also includes "We Got the Beat" by the Go-Go's, a song covered by Duran Duran during band introductions on various shows of The Red Carpet Massacre Tour in 2008.
Track listing[]
TU 5040[]
Side A[]
- "I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock of Seagulls
- "Kids In America" - Kim Wilde
- "Love Plus One" - Haircut One Hundred
- "I Predict" - Sparks
- "I Got You" - Split Enz
- "You Hit The Spot" - Grahan Parker
- "I Know What Boys Like" - The Waitresses
Side B[]
- "We Got the Beat" - Go-Go's
- "I Want Candy" - Bow Bow Bow
- "Girls on Film" - Duran Duran
- "In The Name of Love" - Thompson Twins
- "Dreaming of Me" - Depeche Mode
- "Joan of Ark" - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
- "Hot In The City" - Billy Idol