Bronski Beat - Hit that Perfect Beat 12" [Extended Version]

[myraelisa]

Brilliant then--brilliant now!

[hertzbrecherblankton]

Ahhhh, Drummachines and Analogue synths! Those were the days. Hit that perfect beat!

[MrIize]

thanks for recording and sharing!

[Perle3456]

Vinyl rulezzzz.....love it....thanks for uploading vinyl!!!

[ulysses1981]

CLASS !!!!! I BLOODY LOVE IT !!!!!

[232laser]

genial papa

[renejosundvall]

Granddaughter Sammi LUVS this song....!!

[geeman875]

fakin ladaaaaa u doris

[P11GT]

Is this sound really vinyl? Its stereo

[0x51d]

@P11GT: The sound comes from the record you see spinning in the video.

[Kafei2006]

@P11GT The earliest stereo vinyl was commercialized in 1957... Technological advancements later permitted to even output Quadraphonic from a Vinyl.

Had to check these info on Wikipedia, but I've already held vinyls from the 60's that were recorded in Stereo :P.

[Redscum1]

I have this !

[jmoussa1987]

You have such an amazing collection of rare 80s music and now I realise why vinyl is still king :)

[0x51d]

@jmoussa1987: Cheers!

[djmusicjac]

experimental synthpop one of best

[basslovak]

THUMBS UP if metallica got u here

[Painchick1]

@basslovak Not sure what the hell happened but I love it :D

[NanoverseProductions]

@basslovak Beat that fuckin meat boy! Haha!

[Tjpepeluis]

How i use to dance to this on local new wave clubs, i was 17 or 18 years

no alcohol or staying up late, just good friends and girls . . .

[deadlysin79]

..awesome!! ..like the Miami Vice sound in the intro like Jan hammer..!!

[Erektoman]

this issue of breaking the fear ... wauuu!

[jakob1ist]

i love this song 

[therandyj]

I still have my 12 inch single of this tune from back in the day! Still Love it after all these years!

[Alixo1234]

BEAT THAT FUCKIN MEAT BOY!

[MegaStupefied]

@Alixo1234 lmao......year and a half in the life of metallica! :D

[etranger84]

nice upload dude...thx!

but your socks at 2:01 in the right half of the vid............this cannot be explained....

.....XD

[0x51d]

@etranger84: Hehehe. I don't remember doing that. I probably just wanted to check if anyone pays attention. ;)

[JulianSF123]

@etranger84 HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[ouaoua11]

GAY POWER!

[333MIKEYDUDE]

Im 16 and i am in love with this song.Other 16 year old teenagers only listen to that stupid hip hop -.-

[slamlocker]

married out & gay here - where would we be without str8 lads coming up and helping out here?

cheers - great music

[sussexpenguin]

a good track is good for all; most of my st8 mates love this tune.. just how it should be!

[AndyTheNihil]

high energy legend of a tune!!!!!

[uridium64]

this is wicked, beat that perfect 12" !!!!

[lumarshall]

Brilliant

[msolbiati]

I've got the 12 inch and th 7 inch of this record... I was 17...

[danny6092]

love love love this song !! its sooo paul lekakis sounding (boom boom boom lets go back to my room). miss the 80s so much, for 2 years a trannie was the biggest star on earth - Boy George - 1982 to 1984, imagine that happening now i dont think so ! love your record collection, thanks for taking time out to post it all online xxx

[berty432]

been listening to this track of yours for a while,its awesome.was listening to pet shop boys love comes quickly 12" earlier and realised it was yours too,you have great collection keep up the great work

[0x51d]

@berty432: Thanks. I intend to.

[simla10]

cry boy cry boy cry!

[minniethe3rd]

Hey Rich thingys - how can this be underground NYC wehen it was from Blighty? Great tune but not so sure what you mean

[TheRichdags]

thank god for youtube.

this way we don't have to talk about how much we miss this music.

This was the UNDERGROUND, NYC 1985

[minniethe3rd]

A lost classic from the 80's

[royalnash]

bronski king of 80's synth pop

[sininetigu]

meat ball meat ball hit that perfect meat ball

[55jski]

Used this exact disc to teach aerobics in a University to in 1986... rocking beat!!!!

[smudger909loop]

the best of glasgow bands from the early 80s nice sound of the roland juno106 and the oberheim 12 also . nice old analog synths flipping ace tune . they was one of the best 80 electro acts who could play there keyboards also all there tunes was nicely produced and engineered top banana

[davidandhazel]

Amstrad are sky

[sapporojack]

Nice 1! I had this very 12"..it looks as if you're playing it on the same Amstrad top of the range stack system I used to have as well!!

[Biggy001]

'Amstrad top of the range' ?  was there such a thing ?

[missionpants]

Can I just say how AWESOME you are 0x51d?

Can I?

P.S. Gimme vinyl with "scratchies" ANYDAY over CD "missing-pieces-of-the-ACTUAL-­music" crap...

[nixatnite]

great memories. Thanks! loved this song!

[ShiveCanber]

This song reached no. 3 in the UK charts in January 1986. It was the time that Jimmy Somerville had lead Bronskibeat to form the Communards with Richard Coles. At first, it was a disastrous move but 8 months later, they had the best selling single of 1986 with the cover of 'Don't Leave Me This Way'. As for what was left of Bronskibeat, they had a further hit with C'Mon in March 1986 and did a collaboration with Eartha Kitt in 1989 with Cha Cha Heals.

[joel60112]

Do you know why vinyls are back ? Listen to this powerful sound !!!!! Sorry Jimmy but this BRONSKI BEAT song is so great! thanks for posting 80's real sound, not CD! not MP3!

[bartonone2005]

@joel60112 I agree! Deeper and wider grooves on the 12-inch vinyl gave a much more intense bottom than CD or MP3 could ever deliver.

[ddepeche101]

i got that perfect feeling all over me :-)

[KHI74]

ugh.

i was born in the wrong era.

XD

[dieda007]

Great! Thanks for uploading this version!

[sthrnguy]

Thanks for uploading these 12" remixes! What a great song, brings back many good memories. Some fuzzier than others! =P Keep up the good work!

[60sMods]

Had this in the 80's - Fab Fab Fab

[onkel117]

awesome!! Thx für uploading!

[creativeresult]

Great pop song.Unforgettable!

[KittyTaylor69]

I just saw Lars Ulrich totally dancing like a HOTT chick to this song on another video...........DAMN!!!!!  I miss the club scene!!!!!!!!!! FLASHBACKS!!! :D

[stormysden]

What a song !! I forgot how good this tune is.....Thanks for posting

[duprie37]

hey thx for all the cool 12" mixes. would look even betta if you put the camera so that we can see the record actually playing instead of the front cover.

[KAISERKRAUT2]

Great fucking post!

This 12" is like the holy chalice to me, form the time i last had it...I have never seen it again!

Great to hear this mix again..back then..this fucking just pounded...

[jadedcreature]

ive got them feelings..all over me

[jorgenyc5]

Wow....!! the last time I danced to this song was at The Palladium club NYC in '87... on Sunday nights was Gay. and legendary DJ Robbie Leslie spinning, great song Thanks for posting...!!

[seagod7]

80's had the base for what they are trying to do today. 80's had little to do with are you gay or not. It was about your choice in music and dance if you enjoy it. We had all the good tunes then, and they are trying to find them today. all they have to do is like what they are doing to all the movie's no a days. Get the stuff from the 80's.....THAT IS WHAT SOLD, That is what people enjoyed. They need to find that "perfect beat" for this decade!

[15seahawk]

It's great music. I saw the same resistance to "gay" music in the late nineties that existed against "black" music in the fifties. House (Chicago and London) I think broke the wall down.....good music is just plain good......

[death2hiphopnRnB]

Amen Brother Seagod. I've got so many gay artists in my record collection from the 80's that younger people often pull faces and get quite homophobic! Ridiculous, really because back in the day nobody really cared about the sexuality of the band - if it was a good tune you bought it, end of.....

[raymondfurley]

@death2hiphopnRnB I reckon it's very good, their sexual orientation has nothing to do with their artistic skill, it's a brilliant track that appeals to all, and that's the mark of a an true artist, take any any of the anient classic artists and sculputurers like Michealangelo and his his David, or the Venus and you will know,that skill and art is capable from all.

[sastal]

@death2hiphopnRnB AMEN! You nailed it.No need for me to list pages of '80s gay artists. And yes, I love women ONLY! 

[eddydamaskusDJ]

@death2hiphopnRnB

so it is,

simple but real!

[imagoodman2]

lol

[death2hiphopnRnB]

Top synthpop. People, it really is irrelevent if you are gay or not, just enjoy it!

Steve, straight guy, married for 6 years.

[gazjs]

@death2hiphopnRnB

Gazza, straight guy, father of one. Huge tune!!!! When I met my wife i was in a club and the song "it's raining men" came on. Her and her friends were singing it. I supplied a bottle of budwieser as a microphone and her and her friends sang into it. Some guy jumped in and said "hey buddy, you know what this song is right" I said ya, and you see the broads I'm dancing with? Who cares if its "gay" Hit That Perfect Beat Boy!

[death2hiphopnRnB]

@gazjs Great story mate, nice one!

[sussexpenguin]

@death2hiphopnRnB thanks Steve - good str8 lads like you help BIG time.

[sussexpenguin]

@death2hiphopnRnB

@death2hiphopnRnB thanks Steve - good str8 lads like you help BIG time.

[gambaparproductions]

@death2hiphopnRnB Damn right. Music duzn't have gender or sexual orientation!

"Neko", straight guy, still too young to be married LOL

[mee10014]

came out to this song.

years later it's still a great tune, energy and overall hot sound.

thx to whomever posted this brilliant song

[c00lg33k]

This would so rock the dance scene if re.released!

Epic dance track when they are best.

[RacewallFan]

i rekon if this was re- released today it would go to number 1, great tune, the club scene would love it

[french7suzi]

The club scene DID love it.

[dasfunkman]

Thank you for posting, great sound quality.

[jeffpsd]

Still hot as fire!

[countwickzling]

I am as straight as a straight thing and love this record! Driving my ford escort (hmmm), with my first real girlfriend Belinda...(hmmmm) , while doing my A levels......SUPER TUNE! no, you don't have to be gay to love this tune, I don;t care what anyone thinks....!! ENJOY IT !!

[kmdunnster]

Gayyy!!!!

still cool!!!

[smokeyanthony]

Dance energy.

[allegroboy00]

Power gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WATERSTAND]

fantistic song. synth pop at its finest.

[honchomanuel1996]

I have that! AWESOME! 12 inch single of hit that perfect beat,classic!

[rangebyte]

Amazing tune!!

Where can i download it from?

[Mystify73]

no i think so. only the song is really good

[copperypaimai]

Quality - Do you need to be gay to like this excellent tune?

[MandysEvilTwin]

I can assure you that you do not.

[Mystify73]

Great!! i remember me good disco 80´s !!!

[kenib38]

este grupo es mas erasure que Bronski Beat jejejeje

[musicgregfool]

one of my favorite songs of all time...i wore out my 1st 12" so i had to get another...danced like mad in clubs in miami, nyc...

[tahmassebo]

one of my first dance records Ilove it ! wore this out when Igot this.

[jadedcreature]

i came out to this song..ive got them feelings..them big boy feelings all over me...beat boy..

[srlucado]

Thanks for the video! I saw Bronski Beat play a small club in Dallas in '90 or '91--pretty much just Steve by himself with some sequenced synths. I think I was the only person there who actually knew the songs. Too bad.

[Bulgroz99]

great thanks a lot was looking for this extended version

[trancebunny3000]

This brings back SOOO many memories! Cheers for sharing!

Chris xx

[untouchable888]

this song is so amazing, and so analogue...