And The Beat Goes On ( The Whispers song ) - wikipedia And The Beat Goes On ( The Whispers song ) For other uses, see And the Beat Goes On ( disambiguation ). `` And the Beat Goes On '' A-side label of U.S. 12 - inch vinyl single Single by The Whispers from the album The Whispers B - side `` Can You Do the Boogie '' Released 1979 Format 7 '' 12 '' Recorded 1979 Genre Post-disco Length 7 : 30 Label SOLAR Songwriter ( s ) Leon Sylvers Stephen Shockley William Shelby Producer ( s ) Dick Griffey The Whispers The Whispers singles chronology `` A Song for Donny '' ( 1979 ) `` And the Beat Goes On '' ( 1979 ) `` Lady '' ( 1980 ) `` A Song for Donny '' ( 1979 ) `` And the Beat Goes On '' ( 1979 ) `` Lady '' ( 1980 ) `` And the Beat Goes On '' is a 1979 single by the American music group The Whispers. The song was their first of two number - one singles on the Soul chart, and their first Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 19. `` And the Beat Goes On '' was the group 's only number - one song on the dance chart. It was also their first and biggest hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also peaked at number 27 on the Canadian RPM chart. Contents 1 Track listing 2 Charts 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Sampling 4 In popular culture 5 Editing and remixes 6 See also 7 References Track listing 7 '' single `` And the Beat Goes On '' -- 3 : 25 `` Can You Do the Boogie '' -- 3 : 50 12 '' single `` And the Beat Goes On '' -- 7 : 30 `` Can You Do the Boogie '' -- 6 : 07 Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1980 ) Peak position Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 30 Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) 33 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 27 France ( IFOP ) 12 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 20 Ireland ( IRMA ) 14 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 26 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 19 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 7 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 16 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 19 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play US Billboard Hot Soul Singles US Cash Box 19 US Record World 23 Chart ( 1987 ) Peak position Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 26 France ( SNEP ) 39 Year - end charts Chart ( 1980 ) Rank US Billboard Hot Soul Singles 5 Sampling Monie Love sampled the song 's background for her 1989 hit, `` I Can Do This ''. C.J. Lewis sampled the song 's background in his 1995 single `` R to the A '' from his album `` Rough N Smooth ''. It reached up to N ° 35 in the UK singles charts. Will Smith used a sample of the song for his 1998 hit single, `` Miami ''. Madonna also sampled parts of this song during her performance of `` Beat Goes On '' on her 2008 -- 2009 Sticky & Sweet Tour. In popular culture The song is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto : Vice City. Editing And remixes 1987 : Commander Tom -- `` And the Rap Goes On '' -- 6 : 51 1988 : MC Miker G & DJ Sven -- `` And the Bite Goes On '' -- 6 : 24 ( This song also samples Shalamar 's `` The Second Time Around '' ) 1999 : Daft Punk -- `` And the Beat Goes On '' -- 2 : 35 ( as part of their BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix from Christmas Day 1999 ) 2012 : Prince Fatty & Hollie Cook -- `` And the Beat Goes On '' -- 2 : 51 2012 : Legowelt -- `` And the Beat Goes On '' -- 4 : 36 2013 : Palace of Malice -- `` Primetime '' ( sampled beat ) The song was also remixed in house music style and in 2010, DJ OzYBoY released a remix in which `` And the Beat Goes On '' is melted with MARRS 's `` Pump Up The Volume ''. See also List of number - one dance singles of 1980 ( U.S. ) List of number - one R&B singles of 1980 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Ro, Ronin ( 1998 ). Have Gun Will Travel : The Spectacular Rise and Violent Fall of Death Row Records. Quartet Books. p. 40. SOLAR (... ), which grew out of an association between promoter Griffey and Soul Train host Don Cornelius, released a string of post-disco hits that included Shalamar 's `` The Second Time Around '' and the Whispers ' `` And the Beat Goes On. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 619. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Hot Dance / Disco : 1974 - 2003. Record Research. p. 279. ^ Jump up to : `` Ultratop.be -- The Whispers -- And The Beat Goes On '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Adult Contemporary : Issue 6959. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 0189a. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Le Détail par Artiste '' ( in French ). InfoDisc. Select `` The Whispers '' from the artist drop - down menu. Retrieved July 3, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Offiziellecharts.de -- The Whispers -- And The Beat Goes On ''. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- And The Beat Goes On ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 3, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- The Whispers -- And The Beat Goes On '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- The Whispers -- And The Beat Goes On ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- The Whispers -- And The Beat Goes On ''. Singles Top 100. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 1, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` The Whispers ( 1980 ) -- Awards ''. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 3, 2013. Jump up ^ `` CASH BOX Top 100 Singles -- Week ending APRIL 12, 1980 ''. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012... Cash Box magazine. Retrieved April 27, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Songs from the Year 1980 ''. TsorT. Retrieved April 27, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- The Whispers -- And The Beat Goes On ' 87 '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved June 3, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Lescharts.com -- The Whispers -- And The Beat Goes On '' ( in French ). Les classement single. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs -- 1980 ''. Archived from the original on October 20, 2006... Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Monie Love 's I Can Do This sample of The Whispers 's And the Beat Goes On ''. WhoSampled. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Will Smith 's Miami sample of The Whispers 's And the Beat Goes On ''. WhoSampled. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ Phares, Heather. `` Original Soundtrack -- Grand Theft Auto : Vice City, Vol. 6 : Fever 105 ''. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ Prince Fatty & Hollie Cook -- And The Beat Goes On. YouTube. Jump up ^ Legowelt -- And the Beat Goes On ( Whispers cover ) Video. YouTube. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On ( Remixed ). YouTube. Retrieved August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ DJ OzYBoY -- The Whispers -- And The Beat Goes On -- 2010 Remix. YouTube. Retrieved August 1, 2013. The Whispers Studio albums Bingo One for the Money Open Up Your Love Headlights Whisper in Your Ear The Whispers Imagination Love Is Where You Find It So Good Just Gets Better with Time More of the Night Singles `` Make It with You '' `` And The Beat Goes On '' `` Rock Steady '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=And_the_Beat_Goes_On_(The_Whispers_song)&oldid=827841225 '' Categories : 1979 songs 1980 singles Billboard Dance Club Songs number - one singles Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Post-disco songs SOLAR Records singles Songs written by Leon Sylvers III The Whispers songs Hidden categories : CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) Use mdy dates from November 2013 Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart making named ref Singlechart usages for Canadaadultcontemporary Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart usages for Germany2 Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Sweden Singlechart usages for UK Singlechart usages for Belgium ( Flanders ) Singlechart usages for France Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 27 February 2018, at 01 : 36. 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Question: who sings the song the beat goes on
Answer: the American music group The Whispers