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Do you like them better as GP, the Beat, or the English Beat? What are your favorite songs by them?
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Actually, the ONLY song of theirs I have
heard was Tenderness and to da-
te, I have yet to listen to a-
ny of their other song-
s. I plan to even-
tually. I do li-
ke Tende-
rnes-
s.

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The (English) Beat were HUGE in their native UK, but when Dave and Roger formed General Public, they had no UK Top 40 hits :o

I always liked Tenderness and I'll Take You There :)

1984 - General Public [UK #60]
1985 - Tenderness [UK #95] [US #27] [CAN #11]
1986 - Too Much or Nothing [CAN #83]
1994 - I'll Take You There [UK #73] [US #22] [CAN #7]
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I will have to listen to more of their
songs since I never really hea-
rd any song of theirs oth-
er than Tenderness.
Not familiar am
I with their
individ-
ual:

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