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Beat the Clock

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Beat the Clock

Summary

Beat the Clock is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beat the Clock's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Beat the Clock's genre is disco[4].
  • Beat the Clock followed The Number One Song in Heaven[5].
  • Beat the Clock was performed by Sparks[6].
  • Beat the Clock's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[7].
  • Beat the Clock was released on January 1, 1979[8].
  • Beat the Clock's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as No. 1 in Heaven[9].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Single[10]

  • First release date: 1979[11]

  • Genre(s): disco, electronic, synth-pop[12]

  • Community tags: disco, electronic, synth-pop[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d7075f97-d706-3a6d-a242-ccc092773b9c[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Beat the Clock was performed by Sparks[6].

Publication

Beat the Clock was released on January 1, 1979[8]. Its genre is disco[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Beat the Clock followed The Number One Song in Heaven[5].

Why It Matters

Beat the Clock ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_beat-the-clock-q4876987_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Beat the Clock}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/beat-the-clock-q4876987}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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