Hands down my favourite Beat track ever. Been reliving it all over again during lockdown.. Mad how it can make a 54 year old feel 16 again! Didn't appreciate at the time how much you can tell Roger was influenced by Toyan and Captain Sinbad. RIP
@andrewwoodcock6754
4 жыл бұрын
Its the bolollocks my mate and if you bummed to this and the likes of sun is Shining and Kaya by Marley at 16 , where I come from you were on it like car bonnet! 👍💙
@capey9373
2 ай бұрын
58 now , it's a classic
@solfergav
2 ай бұрын
@@capey9373 Fuck, where did those 4 years go! 😭
@geoffsimpkins7650
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favs for almost 40 years. Best baseline ever. More reggae than ska, such a cool fusion. RIP Roger.
@manxpuss
5 жыл бұрын
RIP Ranking Roger and agree the toasting on the extended mix is some of his best.
@johnnyb8825
5 жыл бұрын
@Psychedelic Rocker Some people say Dave Wakeling was the "main man" of The Beat. No disrespect to Dave, but I think Roger was more vital. His energy was so vibrant, and his singing and toasting provided that Caribbean element that is central to ska/reggae.
@dackmont
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget David Steele, who wrote much of the music and did those super-groovy basslines... and Saxa, the spiritual "glue"....etc.... they were just an unusually talented band, like that other great British band with "Beat" in their name....
@raulmacias1311
4 жыл бұрын
johnny b You know, they both combined their wonderful voices to create a sound that was truly transcendent and positive! "LOVE AND UNITY" indeed!
@ericgood8960
7 ай бұрын
While I didn't realize it at the time, Everett Morton's drumming style was unique and played a large role in the Beat's sound.
@tina9ify
10 жыл бұрын
If this song was an hour long, I'd close my eyes and just keep listening. love it just a little;)
@richardnoggin3460
10 жыл бұрын
You have good taste in music.
@stevemisog
6 жыл бұрын
I remember when this first came out on 45 in 1981 as the b side of "Auto Erotic (Hit it)". I used to lie in bed with my headphones on and the return arm off the turntable so it kept playing over and over again. The Beat are still my favourite of the Ska revival bands and "which side of the bed" is still my favourite of their all their songs.
@andrewwoodcock6754
4 жыл бұрын
Me too! 💖
@andrewwoodcock6754
4 жыл бұрын
Every time, I'd died and gone to heaven.
@yorkshirepianist8407
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love it. Happy memories of skanking to it at the school disco. Even sat down you have to sway to the lilting beat. Love the toasting.
@raulmacias1311
4 жыл бұрын
My personal all~time favorite toasting by Ranking Roger! Nice Tenor Saxophone by Saxa and Hammond B3 Organ by Blockhead! Truly transcendent! It just takes me away to another world! R.I.P. ROGER "RANKING ROGER" CHARLERY.
@snowtiger888
13 жыл бұрын
Heard the tricked-out version of this song recently but I still think this stripped down version is the greatest. Sultry and oh so meaningful to this lovestruck kid back in 1983! Beautiful
@nevillesmith426
4 ай бұрын
Dat bassline is the living end! My fave Beat track and a rare groove to boot - such a nice extended mix!
@manxpuss
7 жыл бұрын
I just love that cool bassline sitting behind everything. Beautiful lost gem this tune.
@No1KINGLEROY
6 ай бұрын
Just going through my records. Have it on 12’.PLAYED this wicked piece of Black Gold LOUD. TUNE. Pure 🔥 🔥 🔥 RIP: Saxa , Roger, Everett. LOVED this Band.
@rogerbruton1107
5 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Roger, You bring me back
@danreid7402
5 жыл бұрын
Some of Roger's best toasting....
@guylawes
7 жыл бұрын
so fortunate to see them live at a club in Houston in 83! I want those days back!!
@craigbeasley1
5 жыл бұрын
Well, it would seem that you're not going to get them. I as well thought that this was massive yet 'dance hall' wasn't even considered back then in a general genre.
@wbertie2604
5 жыл бұрын
@@craigbeasley1 Ranking Roger's Beat was still great right up to the end, so in a sense those days kept going. But sadly no more.
@spacemissing
4 ай бұрын
Good old FEET 1211! One of the best purchases I made way back when.
@steved4818
7 жыл бұрын
I remember in the early 80's playing this B side of a 45 I bought. I fell in love with this song.
@rogerbruton1107
2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Roger and Everett now, great loss
@RPZ501
5 жыл бұрын
Released in 1981, and more relevant now than then to my generation....."Which side of the bed.....
@kennywilliams6088
5 жыл бұрын
Definitely rpz501 I have a version where rj is freestyling to this track check it out
@robbiegardiner7291
5 жыл бұрын
My generation is full of spice boys and all this grime/pop shite, so glad i got to see ranking rodger in action before he passes RIP, thankyou youtube for showing me this song. Love the beat, love ska, love and unity!
@kartajippy
12 жыл бұрын
just moved on from this in the 80s went new romantic i missed some great ones like this thanks
@bobbymartin23
12 жыл бұрын
7 minutes of heaven.
@Lynd8
12 жыл бұрын
Amazing track, it's a crime they never put this out on CD!!!!!!
@michaelthompson8203
6 жыл бұрын
Lynd8 agreed
@stevemisog
6 жыл бұрын
I can't understand why it was put out as a B side. I think it's the best song they ever did.
@barrybrace6589
6 жыл бұрын
This song was actually released on the British version of "WHA'PPEN?". I have a very close friend from London that turned me on to it.
@dackmont
4 жыл бұрын
They finally did put this out digitally, on the 2-CD deluxe edition of Wha'ppen. Both the regular version and this sublime dub version. 😎
@riccardo6152
Ай бұрын
The soundtrack of my life since early '80❤
@raymondkennedy7327
Жыл бұрын
Class tune, great band, top
@amarnaitaissa5290
2 жыл бұрын
Superbe titre que je passais souvent sur la radio ou je travaillais. Radio Nanterre 94,7 en 83. Quel Dub reggae! Et Roger merveilleux en réponse à Dave. Merci pour ce souvenir inoubliable. Keep on skankin' 🇨🇵🏁⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛
@brokenarrow4398
7 жыл бұрын
listening to this takes me back when there was some real class in music.
@guylawes
7 жыл бұрын
Broken Arrow 💜
@sdecay
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for reminding me of this stellar tune from what I think was the sole 12" single I ever bought. In high school I'd take the first Beat LP to parties because it would get everyone dancing. Good scene. Being young was pleasant sometimes. Now will someone please help me go to the bathroom?
@ripley14625
5 жыл бұрын
What a great song. Have always loved it.
@a3theproducer17
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Ranking Roger
@kieranlewis3946
10 жыл бұрын
Love the beat wicked group from the early 80s still going strong bless up love & unity all the way Kenny ken wolves
@guylawes
7 жыл бұрын
Kieran Lewis I saw them in 83 live at Numbers in Houston 😁
@davidc6633
2 жыл бұрын
Ann Smith I Will ALWAYS Love You
@simonscoones
Жыл бұрын
AH, it is still classic. I have this 12". What I wish I still had is the NME freebie cassette of Ranking Roger doing "Cool Entertainer". It was extra special.
@SoulStylistJukeBox
Жыл бұрын
I also uploaded Cool Entertainer.
@andywarrington4738
2 жыл бұрын
superb
@robert33112
11 жыл бұрын
Love this ska stuff. Wish I knew about it back in the 80's.
@caspiangage7989
Жыл бұрын
Just lovit, mon...
@manxpuss
7 жыл бұрын
Such a great song. where did the years go.
@sirkevin1967
13 жыл бұрын
My favourite Beat song. Heard a snipet on an SFX interview with Dave Wakeling in 1981 and tried in vain to find it.
@rajanderphilip9531
7 жыл бұрын
Simply awesome.
@andysmith9142
11 жыл бұрын
fantastic weres 20 years gone
@patbrown2227
8 жыл бұрын
Tasty Tunes as we would have expressed enjoyment in 1978
@miamiviceali
12 жыл бұрын
Love A Night in Heaven!
@stefnewmanca431
5 жыл бұрын
"either you've got too 'big' or I've always been 'too small'...witty
@matthewdewilde6066
6 жыл бұрын
Love it...
@Hamleklek
6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@dodger19701
13 жыл бұрын
true magic this
@dodger19701
13 жыл бұрын
best listened to after herbal intake, lots of
@ericcoudrill8776
6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful tune hidden away on the b-side of Hit it! Tragic that it wasn't the a-side,though this was too good to be neglected by the top 40 buying public of the day,and Hit it!was a sprawling mess of a song compared to this classic skank. The Beat lives on in my soul
@craigbeasley1
5 жыл бұрын
Yes! It lives on in mine as well. Ain't it just grand.
@craigbeasley1
5 жыл бұрын
Mind ...sorry
@tonylevy1889
5 жыл бұрын
Only 240 likes , wot is wrong with people ??
@Hamleklek
6 жыл бұрын
Just fed my cats ;)
@peterlacy5477
6 жыл бұрын
Got the original xx
@craigbeasley1
7 жыл бұрын
Was it an extension of the 'Dance Hall' sound? Rockin' my boat always!
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