We Got the Beat Lyrics

[RACHEL]
See the people walkin' down the street
Fall in line just watchin' all their feet
They don't know where they wanna go
They're walkin' in time

[RACHEL & NEW DIRECTIONS]
They got the beat
They got the beat
They got the beat
Yeah, they got the beat

[SANTANA]
All the kids just gettin' out of school
They can't wait to hang out and be cool
Hang around 'til quarter after twelve
That's when they fall in line

[SANTANA & NEW DIRECTIONS]
They got the beat
They got the beat
Kids got the beat
Yeah, kids got the beat

[BRITTANY]
Go-go music really makes us dance
Do the pony, puts us in a trance
Do what you see, just give us a chance
That's when we fall in line
[BRITTANY & NEW DIRECTIONS]
'Cause we got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
Yeah, we got it!

(We got the beat)
(We got the beat)
(We got the beat)

[SANTANA]
Everybody get on your feet (We got the beat)

[BRITTANY]
We know you can dance to the beat (We got the beat)

[RACHEL]
Jumpin', get down (We got the beat)

[ALL]
'Round and 'round and 'round!

[SANTANA (WITH NEW DIRECTIONS)]
We got the beat (We got the beat)

[BRITTANY]
We got the beat (We got the beat)
[RACHEL]
We got the beat (We got the beat)

[SANTANA]
We got the beat (We got the beat)

[RACHEL]
We got the beat (We got the beat)
We got the beat!

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Genius Annotation

“We Got the Beat” is featured in The Purple Piano Project, the first episode of Season Three. It is sung by the New Directions with solos from Brittany (Heather Morris), Rachel (Lea Michele), and Santana (Naya Rivera).

After a devastating loss at Nationals, the Glee Club tries to recruit more members and they sing this song in the cafeteria hoping to recruit members.

Q&A

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning

How did the song perform commercially?
Genius Answer

The song peaked at #83 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #83 on the Canadian Hot 100.

The song marked the first and only Glee cover of a The Go-Gos song to appear on any music chart.

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Release Date
September 20, 2011
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