The Beat Goes on ( Sonny & Cher song ) - wikipedia The Beat Goes on ( Sonny & Cher song ) For other uses, see Beat Goes On. `` The Beat Goes On '' Artwork for German vinyl single Single by Sonny & Cher from the album In Case You 're in Love B - side `` Love Do n't Come '' Released 1967 ( 1967 ) Format 7 - inch single Recorded 1967 ( 1967 ) Genre Pop Length 3 : 18 Label Atco Songwriter ( s ) Sonny Bono Producer ( s ) Sonny Bono Sonny & Cher singles chronology `` Living For You '' ( 1966 ) `` The Beat Goes On '' ( 1967 ) `` A Beautiful Story '' ( 1967 ) `` Living For You '' ( 1966 ) `` The Beat Goes On '' ( 1967 ) `` A Beautiful Story '' ( 1967 ) `` The Beat Goes On '' is a Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hit song written by Sonny Bono and recorded by Sonny & Cher. It was issued as a single and appeared on their 1967 album In Case You 're in Love. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 14, 1967, peaking at number six. Contents 1 Song information 2 Live performances 3 Charts 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 Cover versions 5 References Song information The backing track for the song was recorded using the renowned group of Los Angeles session musicians who are now collectively known as `` The Wrecking Crew ''. The arrangement is credited to Harold Battiste, but Wrecking Crew bassist Carol Kaye asserts that at the session she devised the distinctive syncopated bass line that is featured on the released recording, replacing the original walking bass line in the prepared arrangement : Songfacts : `` What 's an example of one of the songs that you guys really added to and made it into a hit ? '' Carol Kaye : `` Well, `` The Beat Goes On '' is a biggie. I mean, it was a nothing song, and then the bass line kind of made that. But you 'd have to say all of them. There 's only a certain song, like `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feelin ' '' that was guaranteed to be a hit because it was a great song. But about 95 % of that stuff would not have been a hit without us, that 's true. '' The song was sung at Sonny Bono 's funeral, and the phrase `` And the beat goes on '' appears on his tombstone. AllMusic highlighted this track in its review of the In Case You 're in Love album. Live performances Sonny and Cher performed the song many times on their hit 70s television variety shows, as well as in their live concerts. The song was included in the `` Sonny and Cher '' video montages during Cher 's Do You Believe ? Tour and The Farewell Tour. Cher performed the song live with Sonny 's voice track on her successful Cher at the Colosseum show as well as her 2014 Dressed to Kill Tour. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1967 ) Peak position Australian singles chart 14 Belgian singles chart 5 Canadian RPM Top Singles chart 9 Dutch Top 40 ( Netherlands ) 8 French singles chart 15 Germany Singles Chart 24 Malaysia Singles Chart 9 UK Singles Chart 29 US Billboard Hot 100 6 US Cash Box Top 100 7 Year - end charts Country ( 1967 ) Position Canadian RPM Top Singles chart 82 Netherlands 64 US Billboard Hot 100 83 Cover versions `` Beat Goes On '' Single by All Seeing I from the album Pickled Eggs and Sherbet B - side `` Booty in the I '' Released 1997 ( 1997 ) Genre Electronica, breakbeat Length 4 : 03 Label Earth Records, FFRR Songwriter ( s ) Sonny Bono All Seeing I singles chronology `` I Walk '' ( 1997 ) `` Beat Goes On '' ( 1997 ) `` Walk Like A Panther '' ( 1998 ) `` I Walk '' ( 1997 ) `` Beat Goes On '' ( 1998 ) `` Walk Like A Panther '' ( 1998 ) Over the years the song has been covered by numerous artists. In 1967, American jazz musician Buddy Rich made a version on his Big Swing Face album with his daughter Cathy on vocals. The song was covered by Turkish band Silüetler and Gabor Szabo on his 1967 album The Sorcerer. In 1968, Vanilla Fudge included it on the 1968 album The Beat Goes On. R&B band Booker T. & the M.G. 's released it on Doin ' Our Thing album in April 1968. Other versions were recorded by jazz pianist / singer Patricia Barber, Italian singer Mina, and the French duo Casino Music. An Australian version, produced by former Skyhooks guitarist Red Symons, became a Top 20 hit in 1983 ; it was recorded by Melbourne cabaret duo the Globos, which featured singers Wendy De Waal and Mark Trevorrow, ( who later gained renown for his comedic alter - ego Bob Downe ). British band Strange Cruise covered the song for their 1986 album Strange Cruise. In 1998 a version by British electronic music group All Seeing I peaked at number 11 in the UK Singles Chart. The group also produced a cover version of the song for Britney Spears in November 1998, as the last track on her debut album... Baby One More Time. `` The Beat Goes On '' is the first track on Songs We Should Have Written ( 2004 ) by Firewater. In 2008, a version by the French acid jazz group Le Cercle was included on their album `` Magnetic ''. Canadian jazz singer Emilie - Claire Barlow recorded the song for her album of the same title, which was nominated for `` Vocal Jazz Album of the Year '' at the Juno Awards of 2011. This song is incorrectly referred to as `` And The Beat Goes On '' due to the closing lyric adding the word `` and '' to the song 's title. An unrelated song released in 1980 by the Whispers is titled `` And the Beat Goes On ''. References ^ Jump up to : Sonny Bono interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) Jump up ^ `` Songfacts : Songwriter Interviews - Carol Kaye ( interviewed Oct. 12 2011 ) ''. Songfacts.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014. Jump up ^ Bruce Eder. `` In Case You 're in Love - Sonny & Cher - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2014. Jump up ^ `` Billboard - Hits of the World '' ( PDF ). Americanradiohistory.com. 1967 - 03 - 04. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Official Charts Company ''. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2013 - 12 - 29. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 16. Jump up ^ `` RPM chart archives at Collections Canada for the Cher single The Beat Goes On. ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved October 25, 2014. Jump up ^ Dutch Top 40 ( 1967 ). `` Dutch Top 40 ; End of year charts '' ( PDF ). Retrieved August 27, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Top Records of 1967 -- Hot 100 ''. Billboard. 79 ( 52 ) : 42. December 30, 1967. Retrieved December 19, 2014. Jump up ^ `` The Buddy Rich Big Band * - Big Swing Face ( Vinyl, LP, Album ) ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 30. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( Ed. ) ( 2004 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 17th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 0 - 85112 - 199 - 3. Sonny & Cher Studio albums Look at Us The Wondrous World of Sonny & Chér In Case You 're in Love All I Ever Need Is You Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs Live albums Sonny & Cher Live Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2 Compilations The Best of Sonny & Chér Sonny & Cher 's Greatest Hits The Two of Us Greatest Hits All I Ever Need Is You The Beat Goes On : The Best of Sonny & Cher The Definitive Pop Collection Soundtracks Good Times Other albums Baby Do n't Go -- Sonny & Cher and Friends Television The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour The Sonny Comedy Revue The Sonny & Cher Show Sonny & Me : Cher Remembers Films Good Times Related topics Discography Mego Sonny & Cher Toys Sonny Bono Cher Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Beat_Goes_On_(Sonny_%26_Cher_song)&oldid=807725702 '' Categories : 1967 songs Atco Records singles Atlantic Records albums 1967 singles Songs written by Sonny Bono Britney Spears songs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Eesti Italiano Lietuvių Nederlands Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 29 October 2017, at 20 : 00. 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Question: who wrote the song the beat goes on
Answer: Sonny Bono