And The Beat Goes On

Album: The Whispers Greatest Hits (1980)
Charted: 2 19
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  • And the beat goes on
    Just like my love everlasting
    And the beat goes on
    Still moving strong on and on

    Do you ever wonder
    That to win, somebody's got to lose
    I might as well get over the blues
    Just like fishing in the ocean
    There'll always be someone new
    You did me wrong 'cause I've been through stormy weather

    And the beat goes on
    Just like my love everlasting
    And the beat goes on you'd better believe it
    Still moving strong on and on

    Don't stop for nobody
    This time I'll keep my feet on solid ground
    Now I understand myself when I'm down
    Like the sweet sound of hip music
    There'll always be something new
    To keep the tables turning
    Hey, this super song
    There'll never be an ending

    And the beat goes on
    Just like my love everlasting
    And the beat goes on
    Still moving strong on and on
    The beat goes on
    The beat goes on

    Get down playing that fee, sure the beat is real

    The beat goes on

    Do you ever wonder
    That to win, somebody's got to lose
    I might as well get over the blues
    Just like fishing in the ocean
    There'll always be someone new
    You did me wrong 'cause I've been through stormy weather

    And the beat goes on
    Just like my love everlasting
    And the beat goes on
    Still moving strong on and on

    And the beat goes on
    Just like my love everlasting
    And the beat goes on
    Just like my love, baby
    Just like my love, my love, baby, on and on

    And the beat goes on

    Don't stop the moving
    Don't stop the moving

    And the beat goes on
    Just like my love everlasting
    And the beat goes on
    Still moving strong on and on

    And the beat goes on
    Just like my love everlasting
    And the beat goes on
    Still moving strong on and on

    And the beat goes on, just like my love, baby
    Just like my love, baby, everlasting
    And the beat goes on
    Still moving strong and I love you
    The beat goes on
    The beat goes on
    The beat goes on
    The beat goes on

    And the beat goes on
    Just like my love everlasting
    And the beat goes on
    Still moving strong

    And the beat goes on
    Just like my love everlasting
    And the beat goes on
    Still moving strong and I love you

    And the beat goes on
    Just like my love everlasting
    And the beat goes on Writer/s: Leon F. Sylvers III, Stephen Preston Shockley, William B. Shelby
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Raleigh Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Shaun Coxall from Wolverhampton Who played Bass on Beat goes on ?
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1979 {November 24th} The Whispers performed "And The Beat Goes On" on the nationally syndicated television program, 'Soul Train'...
    And on February 23rd, 1980 "And The Beats Goes On" peaked at #1 {for 5 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart...
    "And The Beat Goes On" reached #2 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart and #19 on Billboard's Top 100 chart...
    Between 1969 and 1997 the Los Angeles quintet had forty records on the Hot R&B/Soul Singles chart, fifteen made the Top 10 with two* reaching #1, "Rock Steady" for one week in 1987 and the above "And The Beats Goes On"...
    Original member Nicholas Caldwell passed away at the age of 71 on January 5th, 2016...
    May both Mr. Caldwell and Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012} R.I.P.
    * They just missed having a third #1 record when their "It's A Love Thing" in 1981...
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyNicholas Caldwell of the Whispers died January 5th, 2016 at the age of 71. On February 24th, 1980 "And the Beat Goes On" reached #1 {for 5 weeks} on Billboard's R&B Singles chart.
  • Dave from Wheaton, IlThis was the Whispers' 1st POP hit. They'd been chartin' in the '70s, on the soul chart, for quite some time.
  • Pam3000 from Los Angeles, CaMost of the lyrics posted online for this song are incorrect. Here are the corrections (in caps):

    Just like fishing in the ocean
    There'll always be someone new
    WHO'LL LOVE ME BETTER
    You did me wrong
    BUT I've been through stormy weather

    Like the sweet sound of HIT music
    There'll always be something new
    To keep the tables turning
    HATE THIS SILVER SONG
    BUT there'll never be an ending

    Get down playing that FIELD AND SHOW the beat is real
  • John from Nashville, TnThis record was SOLAR's first million-seller(the second was Shalamar's "The Second Time Around).
  • Matt from Raleigh, NcSOLAR, the Sound of Los Angeles Records (brainchild of Leon F. Sylers III and Don Cornelius) had some greats tunes including "Fantanstic Voyage" by Lakeside and "Rock Steady" by the Whispers in 1987, which put Babyface and L.A. Reid on the map. This is probably the best example of their infectious grooves.
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