"Beats of Love" is a single by Belgian band Nacht und Nebel

Nacht und Nebel (band)

-Career:Nacht Und Nebel were a Belgian New Wave band, founded by the late Patrick Marina Nebel that became famous for their 1984 hit single, "Beats of Love"....

, released in 1983.

Song information

The song was written by the band's founder, Patrick Marina Nebel. It was released as a single from Nacht und Nebel's second album, also titled Beats of Love. It premiered initially in Belgium in 1983, and subsequently made a release in the rest of European countries in 1984. The single had two B-sides, depending on territory, "Everything Is White" and "Walk On".

Chris Whitley

Chris Whitley

Christopher Becker Whitley was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Whitley changed his sound frequently, and achieved modest mainstream success while maintaining a small but devoted following...

 contributed guitar part to the song.

Get Ready! & Amanda Lear version

Belgian boyband quartet

Quartet

In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts.-Western art music:...

 Get Ready! recorded a new version of "Beats of Love" in 2002, with French singer Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist....

 contributing guest vocals. It was released as the second single from the band's 2002 album Incognito. The song was also included on Amanda Lear's 2003 Tendance

Tendance

Tendance is an expanded re-release of French singer Amanda Lear's 2001 album Heart, by issued by Sony Music Germany in 2003, taking its title from a French TV-series hosted by Lear at the time...

, actually a re-release of her 2001 album Heart

Heart (Amanda Lear album)

-Personnel:*Amanda Lear - lead vocals*Cécile Maestre - backing vocals*Sandrine Foguère - backing vocals*Judith Flessel-Toto - backing vocals*Stefano Meghenzani - piano, Rhodes & accordion*Patrick Bacqueville - trombone*Nicolas Baudino - flute, saxophone...

. "Beats of Love" was released only in Belgium, where it met with limited success.

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Belgium Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...	48

Other cover versions

• Belgian rock group The Clement Peerens Explosition
  The Clement Peerens Explosition
  The Clement Peerens Explosition, or CPeX, is a Belgian parody rock group, created by Hugo Matthysen, Bart Peeters and Ronny Mosuse.-History:...
  
   recorded a cover version of the song in 1995 for their album Foorwijf!. A version featuring Sarah Bettens
  Sarah Bettens
  Sarah Bettens is the lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens are the two popular faces of the band. She is known for her enigmatic, smoky voice. The band is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and had toured in the U.S...
  
  was also recorded.