The Big Beat may refer to:
The Big Beat is a 1980 song by Billy Squier from his debut album The Tale of the Tape. While it never charted, the song has become a sampling staple in hip-hop music. As of 2013, the song has been sampled in nearly 200 recordings. The "big beat" itself was performed by drummer Bobby Chouinard.
Dantana of Okayplayer.com said "[The Tale of the Tape] begins with "The Big Beat", and in retrospect set Squier's career off to a flying start with the kind of chorus, vocals, and power riffs that made him famous. Much of the playing in this song, from the slide guitar to that big booming sound of Chouinard’s drums, would become Squier’s trademark sound and it is great to hear it before it became too pop.".
“The Big Beat” has been sampled in:
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Edyta Bartosiewicz (born January 11, 1965 in Warsaw) is a Polish rock singer, composer, and songwriter. Her career has been awarded by five Fryderyks. In Poland, she's known for her highly reflective and unusual lyrics.
Bartosiewicz learned to play guitar a ten. She studied at Nicolaus Copernicus High School in Warsaw (XXXIII L.O. im. Mikołaja Kopernika), and was interested in sports, and later attended SGPiS in Warsaw (now SGH, Warsaw School of Economics.)
Interested in music and having played in a few bands, she left for London in 1986 where she met The Blue Aeroplanes. After her return to Warsaw, having dropped out of college, she joined the Staff group. In 1989 she won Mokotowska Jesień Muzyczna. In the following year, she appeared on The Big Beat, an album by the band Halloee Poloy (formerly the Staff group). She received a number of awards and sang guest and backing vocals on various records.
I got the big beat
I hear the sound
I got the big beat
I get on down
I hear the big beat
All through the town
I got the big beat
I get around
There's no time for hesitation
We got all we need to know
Don't deny the situation
Find it everywhere you go
Life it's the big beat
Roll to the sound
I got the big beat
Oh gather 'round
I got the big beat
Down in my shoes
I got the big beat
I'm gonna give it to you
It's the line of fascination
It's the rage both near and far
Synchronize a generation - yeah
It don't matter who you are - oh yeah
I got the big beat
I'll show you how
I got the big beat