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"Beat Boy" | ||||
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Single by Visage | ||||
from the album Beat Boy | ||||
B-side | "Beat Boy" (Dub) | |||
Released | 4 November 1984 | |||
Recorded | Trident Studios, 1983 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:30 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Steve Strange, Rusty Egan, Steve Barnacle, Dave Formula, Andy Barnett | |||
Producer(s) | Visage | |||
Visage singles chronology | ||||
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"Beat Boy" is a 1984 song by the British synth-pop band Visage, released as a single in November 1984.
The track was taken as the second single from Visage's third album, Beat Boy , and became the band's last single before they split up in 1985. The single was a commercial failure and did not chart.
The music video was directed by Jean-Claude Luyat and shot in Africa, as a part of a full-length video incorporating songs from The Anvil and Beat Boy. It pictures dancing tribes and Steve Strange traveling across savanna. [1] The clip was later included on the Visage video album in 1986.
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