"The Devil's Beat" is a pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 song taken from Sandi Thom

Sandi Thom

Alexandria "Sandi" Thom is a Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She became widely known in 2006 after a series of webcasts and the success of the single "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker ".-1984–2004: Early life:Thom was born in Banff, Aberdeenshire...

's second album, The Pink & The Lily

The Pink & The Lily

The Pink & The Lily is the second studio album by the Scottish singer Sandi Thom, released in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland on 26 May 2008 by RCA Records. The album had been released on iTunes on 24 May 2008...

. It was the first single taken from the album and marked Thoms return after almost two years. Despite some promotion on TV and heavy rotation on BBC Radio 2 It only charted briefly, reaching #58 in the UK before leaving the charts

Track listings

UK CD Single

1. The Devil's Beat
2. The Devil's Beat (Live)

German Maxi CD

1. The Devil's Beat
2. The Devil's Beat (Live)
3. The Ghost of Stevie Ray
4. The Devil's Beat (Video)

Chart performance

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Chart (2008)	Peak position