Beat the Clock (song)

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"Beat the Clock"
Single by Sparks
from the album No. 1 in Heaven
Released	July 1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Disco synth-pop
Length	4:24 3:49 (7" edit)
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Ron Mael Russell Mael
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder
Sparks singles chronology
"Tryouts for the Human Race" (1979) "Beat the Clock" (1979) "When I'm with You" (1980)
Music video
"Beat the Clock" on YouTube

"Beat the Clock" is a 1979 song by the American pop and rock duo Sparks. Produced by famed disco producer Giorgio Moroder, it was released as the fourth single from the band's eighth studio album No. 1 in Heaven.

The song peaked at number 10 in August 1979 and spent six weeks in the UK Singles Chart.^[1] It was their third and final top ten single in the UK.