Beat Box (Art of Noise song)

"Beat Box"
Single by Art of Noise
from the album Into Battle with the Art of Noise
ReleasedDecember 1983
Recorded1983
Genre
Length4:48 (Album version)
2:55 (7" edit)
8:30 (12" remix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Trevor Horn
Art of Noise singles chronology
"Beat Box"
(1983) 		"Close (to the Edit)"
(1984)
"Beat Box"
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"Beat Box" is a song by English avant-garde synth-pop group Art of Noise. Originally appearing as the second track on the 12" EP Into Battle with the Art of Noise (1983), it was released as the group's first single in December 1983.

"Beat Box" is an instrumental, experimental piece that implements sounds and noises (such as car key ignitions, falling drain water, and calliope music—most notably on the chorus) to ride the rhythm of the beat (a sample of drums played by Alan White of the progressive rock band Yes).

As a single, the song reached the lower regions of the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at no. 92. It was more popular with dance music and (particularly) hip hop audiences, and in February 1984 the song reached no. 1 on the American dance chart,[3] where it remained for two weeks.[4] "Beat Box" was a hit on the Black Singles chart, where it reached no. 10.[3] The US 7" single spent 5 weeks on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart, starting 7 April 1984 and spending two weeks at no. 101, the chart's top position.[5]

  1. ^ Hochman, Steve (20 July 1986). "Art of Noise Got Wrong Image by Avoiding One". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 24.
  5. ^ Rees, Dafydd; Crampton, Luke (1991). Rock Movers & Shakers. Billboard Books. p. 18. ISBN 0-8230-7609-1.