Song · Bronski Beat
“Hit That Perfect Beat” by Bronski Beat
From the album Truthdare Doubledare (1986)
“Hit That Perfect Beat” by Bronski Beat appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1986 and 1998. It was first released in 1986 on the album Truthdare Doubledare. Its best result is #56 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #118 alternative song of 1986 and #3,825 alternative song of all time.
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"Hit That Perfect Beat" comes from Truthdare Doubledare, Bronski Beat's second album, with John Foster out front: he sings lead and shares the writing with Steve Bronski and Larry Steinbachek. It climbed to number three in Britain in January 1986 and went top 10 in Australia, South Africa and across Europe. Adam Williams produced, and Gareth Jones mixed.
The video turns that into a story: Foster spots an ad in a newspaper, turns up to audition, and ends up playing with the other two at a Liverpool club called "The State", with shots around Stanley Dock and clips from the 1985 film Letter to Brezhnev mixed in.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 56 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 220 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1988 | 210 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1998 | 462 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
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