Mirror in the Bathroom
| "Mirror in the Bathroom" | ||||
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One of UK vinyl editions
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| Single by The Beat | ||||
| from the album I Just Can't Stop It | ||||
| B-side | "Jackpot" | |||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Format | 12" vinyl, 7" vinyl | |||
| Genre | Ska, two tone, reggae | |||
| Length | 3:10 | |||
| Label | Go-Feet Records | |||
| Writer(s) | The Beat | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Sargeant | |||
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| "Mirror in the Bathroom (Mark "Spike" Stent Remix)" | ||||
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| Single by The Beat | ||||
| from the album B.P.M.: The Very Best of The Beat | ||||
| Released | 19 October 1995 | |||
| Format | CD, 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1980, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Ska, dub, jungle | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Label | Go-Feet Records, BMG | |||
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"Mirror in the Bathroom" is a single by British ska band The Beat, released as a single in 1980 from their debut album, I Just Can't Stop It (1980). It reached #4 in the UK charts and consequently was their biggest selling single/highest charting release in the UK until 1983. It was also their highest charting original single. It was released again in 1995 as a CD single (Remix EP) to promote b.p.m.: The Very Best of the Beat (1996). The single featured #44 in 1995. That same album also features four remixes of the song on CD2 (m.p.b.m.): These are "Dub in the Bathroom", "Just Can't Stop the Dub", Mark 'Spike' Stent Remix, and Tic Tac Toe remix.
It was the first single released in the UK to have been digitally recorded.[1]
The original version also features on the albums What is Beat? (1983), What is the English Beat? (1983), b.p.m.: The Very Best of the Beat (1996), Beat This! The Best of the Beat (2000), various artists release Rude Boy Revival (2002), The Platinum Collection (2006) and You Just Can't Beat It: The Best of the Beat (2008). It was also included on two eclectic DJ-mixed albums: Tricky's instalment of the Back to Mine series and the first of Ninja Tune's Solid Steel albums. The song is still played live by the band regularly.
The single was re-released on 21 April 2012 for Record Store Day 2012 as a limited edition 750 run of 7" copies. Its B-side is "Too Nice to Talk to".[2]
The song has also been recorded for the 1987 film Someone to Watch Over Me and the 1999 film SLC Punk!, by a project called Fifi.
1995 track listing
- "Mirror in the Bathroom" (Sure is Pure remix)
- "Mirror in the Bathroom" (Tic Tac Toe remix)
- "Mirror in the Bathroom" (Simon and Diamond remix)
- "Mirror in the Bathroom" (Adelphi remix)
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