The Beat Goes On
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"The Beat Goes On" is a song that Sonny and Cher released in 1967 on their album In Case You're in Love. It peaked at number 6 on the pop charts, charting January 14, 1967. It has been covered by American jazz musician Buddy Rich, jazz pianist/singer Patricia Barber and the British electronic music group All Seeing I produced a cover version of this for Britney Spears on her hit debut album, ...Baby One More Time. The song was recently featured on a television commercial for Egg Beaters.[citation needed]
This song is incorrectly referred to as And The Beat Goes On, due to the fact the closing lyric adds the word "and" to the song's title (the actual one has no "and"). There was an unrelated song released in 1980 actually called "And The Beat Goes On" (recorded by The Whispers), obviously not a remake of this song.
"The Beat Goes On" was sung at Sonny Bono's funeral, and that phrase also appears on his tombstone.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| France single chart | 2 |
| Belgian single chart | 5 |
| USA single chart | 6 |
| Netherland single chart | 8 |
| Canada single chart | 9 |
| Germany single chart | 24 |
| UK single chart | 29 |
| world wide sales | 3.000.000 |
