Artist	Song
The English Beat	Save It for Later
from Special Beat Service (2004)
The English Beat	Mirror In the Bathroom
from I Just Can't Stop It (2004)
The English Beat	I Confess
from Special Beat Service (2004)
The English Beat	Tears of a Clown
from Beat This! The Best of The English Beat (2004)
The English Beat	Best Friend
from I Just Can't Stop It (2004)
The English Beat	Doors of Your Heart
from Wha'ppen? (2004)
The English Beat	Ackee 1-2-3
from Special Beat Service (2004)
The English Beat	Too Nice to Talk To
from Beat This! The Best of The English Beat (2004)
The English Beat	Can't Get Used to Losing You
from I Just Can't Stop It (2004)
The English Beat	Twist and Crawl
from I Just Can't Stop It (2004)
The English Beat	End of the Party
from Special Beat Service (2004)
The English Beat	Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret
from I Just Can't Stop It (2004)
The English Beat	Jeannette
from Special Beat Service (2004)
The English Beat	Hands Off...She's Mine
from I Just Can't Stop It (2004)
The English Beat	Rankin' Full Stop
from Beat This! The Best of The English Beat (2004)
The English Beat	Big Shot
from I Just Can't Stop It (2004)
The English Beat	Sole Salvation
from Special Beat Service (2004)
The English Beat	Rough Rider
from I Just Can't Stop It (2004)
The English Beat	Drowning
from Beat This! The Best of The English Beat (2004)
The English Beat	Click Click
from I Just Can't Stop It (2004)
The English Beat	Two Swords
from I Just Can't Stop It (2004)
The English Beat	Walkaway
from Wha'ppen? (2004)
Fine Young Cannibals	Suspicious Minds
from Fine Young Cannibals (2010)
The English Beat	Spar Wid Me
from Special Beat Service (2004)
The English Beat	Pato and Roger a Go Talk
from Special Beat Service (2004)
Fine Young Cannibals	Johnny Come Home
from Fine Young Cannibals (2010)

Comment:

As the ’70s drew to a close and the world was ready to move to a new groove, the English Beat was one of the first bands to shake up an intoxicating cocktail of ska beats, punk energy, and more hooks than a coat rack. From the anti-Thatcherism of “Stand Down Margaret” to the racial-unity statement “Doors of Your Heart,” they were fiercely political but always kept an eye towards the dance floor. Greater commercial success came after the band splintered into Fine Young Cannibals and General Public, but generations of ska-rockers, from Rancid to No Doubt, owe their skanking souls to the English Beat. Hell, even Pete Townshend covered “Save It for Later.” Now you can do the twist-and-crawl along to the most crucial batch of Beat-related cuts ever assembled.

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