About Beats International
Beats International was an electronic music band, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook, after his departure from The Housemartins. A loose confederation of musicians, the line-up also included vocalists Lindy Layton and Lester Noel, rapper MC Wildski, and keyboardist Andy Boucher. Unusually, the band's live line-up also incorporated a graffiti artist, who would paint designs on a backdrop while the musicians played. Their first album, Let Them Eat Bingo spawned the number one UK single Dub Be Good To Me, a re-working of the S.
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Top Tracks
Dub Be Good To Me
Won't Talk About It
Echo Chamber
The Sun Doesn't Shine
Tribute to King Tubby
Burundi Blues
For Spacious Lies
Blame It on the Bassline
Before I Grow Too Old
Dance to the Drummer's Beat
Invasion of the Estate Agents
The Whole World's Down on Me
Babies Makin' Babies (Stoop Rap)
The Ragged Trousered Percussionists
Change Your Mind
Brand New Beat
Dub Be Good to Me (feat. Lindy Layton)
In the Ghetto
Herman
Love Is Green
Dub Be Good To Me - Raiwa Remix
Three Foot Skank
For Spacious Lies (12" version)
the ragged trousered percussionist
Come Home
Ten Long Years
Eyes on the Prize
No More Mr Nice Guy
Dub Be Good To Me (Norman Cook's Excursion In The Version)
Dub Be Good To Me (extended mix)
The Ragged Trousered Percussions
The Sun Don't Shine
The Invasion Of The Estate Agents
Dub Be Good To Me (Smith & Mighty Remix)
Dub Be Good To Me (DJ Wood's Twilight Beats Remix)
Dub Be Good To Me featuring Lindy Layton
Just Be Good To Me (Acapella)
Just Be Good To Me
Dub Be Good To Me - LP Version
Dub Be Good To Me (Norman Cooks Excursion In The Version)
Dub Be Good To Me (Featuring Lindy)
For Spacious Lies [12" Version]
Dub Be Good To Me (Norman Cook's Excursion On The Version)
Dub Be Good To Me (lp version)
Beats International Theme
Dancehall Good to Me
Dance To The Drummers Beat
Four Elements/Yes to Life/Just Be Good to Me [Acapella]
For Spacious Lies - 12' Version
Babies Makin' Babies
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