# Hit That Perfect Beat

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{{Short description|1985 single by Bronski Beat}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Hit That Perfect Beat
| cover      = Hit That Perfect Beat cover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Bronski Beat](/source/Bronski_Beat)
| album      = [Truthdare Doubledare](/source/Truthdare_Doubledare)
| B-side     = I Gave You Everything
| released   = {{start date|1985|11|11|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1985/Music-Week-1985-11-09-I.pdf|title=New Singles|magazine=[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)|page=20|date=9 November 1985}}</ref>
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Hi-NRG](/source/Hi-NRG)<ref>{{cite magazine|first1= Ira |last1= Robbins |first2= Terry |last2= Rompers |title= Bronski Beat |magazine= [Trouser Press](/source/Trouser_Press) |access-date= 25 October 2013 |url= http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=bronski_beat}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Dan |last= LeRoy |title= Bronski Beat – Truthdare Doubledare |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/truthdare-doubledare-mw0000193100 |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 25 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title= Reviews > Dance > Picks > Bronski Beat – Hit That Perfect Beat |date= 22 February 1986 |page= 71 |volume= 98 |issue= 8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wSQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22hi+nrg%22&pg=PT50 |magazine= Billboard |issn= 0006-2510}}</ref>
| length     = 3:38
| label      =
* Forbidden Fruit
* [London](/source/London_Recordings)
| writer     =
* [Steve Bronski](/source/Steve_Bronski)
* John Foster
* [Larry Steinbachek](/source/Larry_Steinbachek)
| producer   = Adam Williams
| prev_title = [I Feel Love](/source/I_Feel_Love)
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [C'mon! C'mon!](/source/C'mon!_C'mon!_(Bronski_Beat_song))
| next_year  = 1986
| misc       = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|11_7972LjCc|"Hit That Perfect Beat"}}}}
}}

"'''Hit That Perfect Beat'''" is a song by British [synth-pop](/source/synth-pop) band [Bronski Beat](/source/Bronski_Beat) from their second album, ''[Truthdare Doubledare](/source/Truthdare_Doubledare)'' (1986). It reached number three on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) in January 1986 and entered the top 10 in Australia, South Africa, and several European countries.

==Music video==
The video for the song featured [frontman](/source/frontman) and [vocalist](/source/vocalist) John Foster in the video seeking to join the group after reading an advert in a newspaper and fronts an audition to join the group. The video also features the other two band members playing with Foster at a Liverpool club called "The State" as well as scenes from in and around [Stanley Dock](/source/Stanley_Dock), and flashes from the 1985 film ''[Letter to Brezhnev](/source/Letter_to_Brezhnev)''.

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| headline = 7-inch single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|year=1985|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Forbidden Fruit, [London Records](/source/London_Records)|id=BITE 6, 886 007-7}}</ref>
| title1   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| title2   = I Gave You Everything
}}
{{track listing
| headline = UK, Australasian, and Japanese 12-inch single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|year=1985|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Forbidden Fruit, London Records|id=BITEX 6, 886 007-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|year=1985|type=Australasian 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=London Records|id=886 007-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|year=1985|type=Japanese 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=London Records|id=L12P 7109}}</ref>
| title1   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| note1    = extended version
| length1  = 6:25
| title2   = I Gave You Everything
| length2  = 4:00
}}
{{track listing
| headline = UK 12-inch single (Instant mix)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|year=1985|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Forbidden Fruit, London Records|id=BITER 6, 886 018-1}}</ref>
| title1   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| note1    = Instant mix
| title2   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| note2    = Instant dub
| title3   = I Gave You Everything
}}
{{track listing
| headline = UK 12-inch single (Metropolitan version)<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|year=1985|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Forbidden Fruit, London Records|id=BITXX 6}}</ref>
| title1   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| note1    = Metropolitan version
| title2   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| note2    = Instant dub
| title3   = I Gave You Everything
}}
{{track listing
| headline = US 12-inch single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|year=1985|type=US 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=[MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records), London Records|id=MCA-23605}}</ref>
| title1   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| note1    = remix
| length1  = 8:26
| title2   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| note2    = original mix
| length2  = 6:25
| title3   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| note3    = dub
| length3  = 7:10
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Canadian 12-inch single<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|year=1985|type=Canadian 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=London Records|id=LDSX 226}}</ref>
| title1   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| note1    = extended version
| title2   = Hit That Perfect Beat
| note2    = Instant mix
}}

==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1985–1986)
!Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report))<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=[Australian Chart Book 1970–1992](/source/Kent_Music_Report) |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=[St Ives, NSW](/source/St_Ives%2C_New_South_Wales) |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|3
|-
{{single chart|Austria|11|artist=Bronski Beat|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|23|artist=Bronski Beat|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|91|chartid=0664|rowheader=true|access-date=30 May 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([European Hot 100 Singles](/source/European_Hot_100_Singles))<ref>{{cite magazine|title=European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)|volume=3|issue=4|page=20|date=1 February 1986}}</ref>
|8
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|5|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|rowheader=true|access-date=30 May 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|Italy (''[Musica e dischi](/source/Musica_e_dischi)'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[Musica e dischi](/source/Musica_e_dischi)|language=it}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Bronski Beat".</ref>
|5
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|16|year=1986|week=2|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|19|artist=Bronski Beat|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|South Africa ([Springbok Radio](/source/Springbok_Radio))<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(H-I).html|title=SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Songs H–I|website=rock.co.za|access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
|5
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Bronski Beat|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|3|artist=Bronski Beat|artistid=21709|rowheader=true|access-date=30 May 2022}}
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|4|artist=Bronski Beat|song=Hit That Perfect Beat|songid=1384|rowheader=true|access-date=21 February 2022}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1986)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="auchart"/><ref name="aus86">{{cite magazine|url=https://i.imgur.com/F7ais40.jpg|title=National Top 100 Singles for 1986|magazine=[Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report)|issue=650|date=December 1986|via=Imgur|access-date= 24 January 2023}}</ref>
|20
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=European Hot 100 Singles: Hot 100 of the Year 1986|magazine=Music & Media|volume=3|issue=51/52|page=28|date=27 December 1986}}</ref>
|77
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1986|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1986|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref>
|29
|-
!scope="row"|West Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1986|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1986|publisher=[GfK Entertainment](/source/GfK_Entertainment)|language=de|access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
|32
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Bronski Beat|title=Hit That Perfect Beat|award=Silver|relyear=1985|certyear=1986|id=2908-1387-1|access-date=30 May 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==In other media==
The song appears in [Metallica](/source/Metallica)'s 1992 documentary ''[A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica](/source/A_Year_and_a_Half_in_the_Life_of_Metallica)'', showcasing the recording of their [Eponymous fifth studio album](/source/Metallica_(album)). During the credits, a scene showing drummer [Lars Ulrich](/source/Lars_Ulrich) and guitarist [Kirk Hammett](/source/Kirk_Hammett) dancing to the song as bassist [Jason Newsted](/source/Jason_Newsted) bobs his head comedically.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://metalinjection.net/lists/metallica-lolz|title=10 times Metallica made us laugh}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bronski Beat}}

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Category:1985 singles
Category:1985 songs
Category:Bronski Beat songs
Category:London Records singles

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