A Beat for You

"A Beat for You" is a song by Australian pop group Pseudo Echo. The song was released in April 1984 as the second single from their debut studio album, Autumnal Park (1984). The song peaked at number 12 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

"A Beat for You"
Single by Pseudo Echo
from the album Autumnal Park
ReleasedApril 1984
StudioStudios 301, Sydney
GenrePop, Synth-pop
Length3:43
LabelEMI Music
Songwriter(s)Brain Canham and Tony Lugton
Producer(s)John Punter
Pseudo Echo singles chronology
"Listening"
(1983)		 "A Beat for You"
(1984)		 "Dancing Until Midnight"
(1984)

AllMusic said, "driving hard rock riffs puncture Pierre Gigliotti and James Leigh's wall of synthesizers. Vocalist Brian Canham has a darkly erotic voice that only new wave groups seem to breed -- imagine a cross between Jim Kerr of Simple Minds and Midge Ure."[1]

Track listing

7" (EMI-1252)

  • Side A "A Beat for You" – 3:43
  • Side B "Autumnal Park" – 4:10

12" (EMI – ED 81)

  • Side A "A Beat for You" (extended) – 7:36
  • Side B "Autumnal Park" – 4:10
  • Side B "A Beat for You" (single) – 3:43

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [2] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 6

Year-end charts
Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [4] 70
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References
  1. Michael Sutton. "Pseudo Echo Love an Adventure". AllMusic.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. "Charts.nz – Pseudo Echo – A Beat for You". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
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