We Got the Beat

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"We Got the Beat" is a hit new wave song by the Go-Go’s that became one of their signature tracks and an anthem of early 1980s pop-rock.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
We Got the Beat canonical 5

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Beauty and the Beat ⓘ
artist The Go-Go's ⓘ
linked to: The Go-Go’s
chartPeakCountry United States ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 2 ⓘ
composer Charlotte Caffey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs anthem of early 1980s pop rock ⓘ
era early 1980s ⓘ
featuredIn Fast Times at Ridgemont High ⓘ
Valley Girl ⓘ
genre new wave ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
hasApproximateDuration 2:30 ⓘ
hasHook repeated phrase "We got the beat" ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitars ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
hasLiveStapleStatusFor The Go-Go's ⓘ
linked to: The Go-Go’s
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter dancing ⓘ
having fun ⓘ
youth culture ⓘ
hasTempo up-tempo ⓘ
hasTimeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
includedOn Greatest-hits compilations of The Go-Go's ⓘ
influencedScene 1980s American new wave ⓘ
isOftenRankedAmong classic 1980s songs ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf The Go-Go's ⓘ
linked to: The Go-Go’s
language English ⓘ
notableFor catchy chorus ⓘ
danceable rhythm ⓘ
prominent drum beat ⓘ
originallyReleasedAs single ⓘ
partOf Beauty and the Beat ⓘ
performedBy all-female band ⓘ
performer The Go-Go's ⓘ
linked to: The Go-Go’s
producer Richard Gottehrer ⓘ
Rob Freeman ⓘ
recordLabel I.R.S. Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1980 ⓘ
reReleaseYear 1981 ⓘ
vocalStyle group vocals ⓘ
writer Charlotte Caffey ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Go-Go’s → notableWork → We Got the Beat ⓘ
The Go-Go’s → notableSong → We Got the Beat ⓘ
Beauty and the Beat → hasPart → We Got the Beat ⓘ
Beauty and the Beat → hasSingle → We Got the Beat ⓘ
Charlotte Caffey → notableWork → We Got the Beat ⓘ