Best Friend (The Beat song)
| "Best Friend" | ||||
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| Single by the Beat | ||||
| from the album I Just Can't Stop It | ||||
| A-side | "Stand Down Margaret" | |||
| Released | 8 August 1980 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Bob Sargeant | |||
| The Beat singles chronology | ||||
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"Best Friend" is a song by British ska/new wave band the Beat, released on 8 August 1980 as the fourth and final single from their debut studio album I Just Can't Stop It. It was released as a double A-side single with a dub version of "Stand Down Margaret". The single wasn't as successful as the band's previous singles and only peaked at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart. The band raised 14 thousand pounds from the sales of the single, which went to the Anti-Nuclear Campaign and the CND.