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Biography
Infobox musical artist|name = Beats International|image = Beats International.jpg|caption = Beats International, 1991|background = group_or_band|alias =|origin = United Kingdom |instrument =|genre = Electronic music|Electronic |Occupation(s) =|years_active = 1989–1992|label = Elektra Records Telstar Records Go& #33; Beat |website =|current_members = Norman Cook Lindy Layton Lester Noel David John-Baptiste MC Wildski Andy Boucher|past_members = Beats International was a United Kingdom|British electronic music musical ensemble|band , formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook (also known as Fatboy Slim ), after his departure from The Housemartins .
Career
A loose confederation of musician s, the line-up also included singer|vocalist Lindy Layton , former North Of Cornwallis singer|vocalist Lester Noel, rappers D.J. Baptiste (The crazy MC), 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 United Kingdom|UK record chart|number one single (music)|single " Dub Be Good to Me ", a re-working of the S.O.S. Band 's Chart-topper|hit "Just Be Good to Me", based around a sampling (music)|sample of the bassline from The Clash 's " Guns of Brixton " and featuring Layton on vocals.
The second Beats International album was 1991's Excursion on the Version , which featured a greater use of Dub music|dub and reggae sounds, but failed to repeat the success of its predecessor. This was the final Beats International recording, with Cook next going on to form Freak Power .
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
UK Albums Chartcite book
1990
Let Them Eat Bingo
#17
1991
Excursion on the Version
-
Singles
Year
Single
UK Singles Chart
U.S. http:/ / www.billboard.com/ bbcom/ retrieve_chart_history.do? model.vnuArtistId=10102& model.vnuAlbumId=57885 Beats International chart history
U.S. Dance
Album
1990
" Dub Be Good to Me "
#1
#76
#1
Let Them Eat Bingo
"Won't Talk About It"
#9
#76
#4
"Burundi Blues"
#51
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-
1991
"Echo Chamber"
#60
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Excursion on the Version
"The Sun Doesn't Shine"
#66
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"In the Ghetto"
#44
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1992
"Change Your Mind"
-
-
#28
Samples list
;"Let Them Eat Bingo"
"Burundi Dub"
*"Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa" by Sly & The Family Stone / bassline
