Barris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Drexel Institute of Technology where he was a columnist for the student newspaper, The Triangle. He graduated in 1953.
Barris got his start in television as a page and later staffer at NBC in New York City, and eventually worked backstage at the TV music show American Bandstand (then filmed in Philadelphia), originally as a standards-and-practices person for ABC. Barris soon became a music industry figure. He produced pop music on records and TV, but his most successful venture was writing "Palisades Park". Recorded by Freddy Cannon, it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks (June 23-30, 1962), the biggest hit of Cannon's career. Barris also wrote or co-wrote some of the music that appeared on his game shows.
Beat the Clock is a Goodson-Todmangame show that aired on American television in several versions from 1950 to 2003.
The original show, hosted by Bud Collyer, ran on CBS from 1950 to 1958 and ran on ABC from 1958 to 1961. The show was revived in syndication as The New Beat the Clock from 1969 to 1974, with Jack Narz as host until 1972, when he was replaced by the show's announcer, Gene Wood. Another version ran on CBS from 1979 to 1980 (as The All-New Beat the Clock, and later as All-New All-Star Beat the Clock), with former Let's Make a Deal host Monty Hall as host and Narz as announcer. The most recent version aired from 2002 to 2003 on PAX (now ION) with Gary Kroeger and Julielinh Parker as co-hosts. The series was also featured as the third episode of Gameshow Marathon in 2006. Ricki Lake hosted while Rich Fields announced.
In 2013, the show appeared in TV Guide's list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.
1950–1961
Contestants were required to perform tasks (called "problems") within a certain time limit which was counted down on a large 60-second clock. If they succeeded, they were said to have "beaten the Clock"; otherwise, "the Clock beat them". The show had several sponsors over its run, with the most longstanding being the electronics company Sylvania.
The song peaked at #10 in August 1979 and spent six weeks in the UK Singles Chart. It was their third and final top ten single in the UK.
The song was taken from the album No. 1 In Heaven and produced by Giorgio Moroder for Mellow B.V. During the late 1970s he was one of the premier producers, his working relationship grew from Sparks appreciation of Donna Summer's dynamic "I Feel Love" which Moroder co-wrote and co-produced.
The 12" remix was the first of the group's extended remixes. The remix utilised the drum pattern from the songs midsection and added a new keyboard melody line during the chorus. The "long version" as it was dubbed was edited to three and a half minutes and released as the b-side to seven inch single. Long versions of "The Number One Song in Heaven" and "Tryouts for the Human Race" - both singles from the same album as "Beat the Clock" were merely the standard album versions.
The official video for the single "Beat The Clock" from the 1979 album No.1 In Heaven.
Directed by Millaney/Grant
No. 1 In Heaven • 40th Anniversary Edition is released March 2019 on double LP/CD. Available for pre-order → http://store.allsparks.com
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published: 26 Jun 2012
Beat the Clock [Extended Version]
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Beat the Clock [Extended Version] · Sparks
No. 1 In Heaven
℗ 2019 Lil' Beethoven Records
Released on: 1979-03-02
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published: 07 Mar 2019
Clean Up Song | 10 Minute Clean Up Timer | 10 Minute Timer | Beat The Clock | SandZ Academy
Clean up in ten minutes before time runs out so you'll beat the clock!
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Max Cameron - Beat the clock
soundtrack of the young pope
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Clean Up Song | 5 Minute Clean Up Timer | Five Minute Timer | Beat The Clock | SandZ Academy
Clean up in five minutes before time runs out so you'll beat the clock!
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Beat The Clock
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Beat The Clock · Ghostface
The Pretty Toney Album
℗ 2004 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Released on: 2004-04-20
Producer: Minnesota
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mixer: Stephen "Spidey" Glicken
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Ghostface
Studio Personnel, Assistant Mixer: Jesse "walkthruwalls" Ibarra
Unknown, Other: Mario Caruso
Composer Lyricist: Mark Richardson
Composer Lyricist: Dennis Coles
Composer Lyricist: Buddy Johnson
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Beat the Clock [Extended Version]
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Beat the Clock [Extended Version] · Sparks
No.1 In Heaven
℗ 1979 Lil' Beethoven
Released on: 1979-03-01
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Beat the Clock '79 - Episode #12
WTXF-DT4 Allentown/Philadelphia (UHF Channel 38)
A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production
Courtesy: FremantleMedia North America
Episode #12 Original Air: October 2, 1979
Watch Beat the Clock on BUZZR!
Sundays at 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM
Visit buzzrplay.com for more information.
The official video for the single "Beat The Clock" from the 1979 album No.1 In Heaven.
Directed by Millaney/Grant
No. 1 In Heaven • 40th Anniversary Edition ...
The official video for the single "Beat The Clock" from the 1979 album No.1 In Heaven.
Directed by Millaney/Grant
No. 1 In Heaven • 40th Anniversary Edition is released March 2019 on double LP/CD. Available for pre-order → http://store.allsparks.com
Like SPARKS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sparksofficial
Follow SPARKS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparksofficial
Follow SPARKS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparks_official
Visit the official SPARKS website: https://www.allsparks.com
The official video for the single "Beat The Clock" from the 1979 album No.1 In Heaven.
Directed by Millaney/Grant
No. 1 In Heaven • 40th Anniversary Edition is released March 2019 on double LP/CD. Available for pre-order → http://store.allsparks.com
Like SPARKS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sparksofficial
Follow SPARKS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparksofficial
Follow SPARKS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparks_official
Visit the official SPARKS website: https://www.allsparks.com
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Beat the Clock [Extended Version] · Sparks
No. 1 In Heaven
℗ 2019 Lil' Beethoven Records
Release...
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Beat the Clock [Extended Version] · Sparks
No. 1 In Heaven
℗ 2019 Lil' Beethoven Records
Released on: 1979-03-02
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Provided to YouTube by Absolute Marketing International Ltd
Beat the Clock [Extended Version] · Sparks
No. 1 In Heaven
℗ 2019 Lil' Beethoven Records
Released on: 1979-03-02
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Beat The Clock · Ghostface
The Pretty Toney Album
℗ 2004 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Released on: 2004-04-20...
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Beat The Clock · Ghostface
The Pretty Toney Album
℗ 2004 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Released on: 2004-04-20
Producer: Minnesota
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mixer: Stephen "Spidey" Glicken
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Ghostface
Studio Personnel, Assistant Mixer: Jesse "walkthruwalls" Ibarra
Unknown, Other: Mario Caruso
Composer Lyricist: Mark Richardson
Composer Lyricist: Dennis Coles
Composer Lyricist: Buddy Johnson
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Beat The Clock · Ghostface
The Pretty Toney Album
℗ 2004 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Released on: 2004-04-20
Producer: Minnesota
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mixer: Stephen "Spidey" Glicken
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Ghostface
Studio Personnel, Assistant Mixer: Jesse "walkthruwalls" Ibarra
Unknown, Other: Mario Caruso
Composer Lyricist: Mark Richardson
Composer Lyricist: Dennis Coles
Composer Lyricist: Buddy Johnson
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Beat the Clock [Extended Version] · Sparks
No.1 In Heaven
℗ 1979 Lil' Beethoven
Released on: 197...
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Beat the Clock [Extended Version] · Sparks
No.1 In Heaven
℗ 1979 Lil' Beethoven
Released on: 1979-03-01
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Beat the Clock [Extended Version] · Sparks
No.1 In Heaven
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Released on: 1979-03-01
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WTXF-DT4 Allentown/Philadelphia (UHF Channel 38)
A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production
Courtesy: FremantleMedia North America
Episode #12 Original Air: Octobe...
WTXF-DT4 Allentown/Philadelphia (UHF Channel 38)
A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production
Courtesy: FremantleMedia North America
Episode #12 Original Air: October 2, 1979
Watch Beat the Clock on BUZZR!
Sundays at 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM
Visit buzzrplay.com for more information.
WTXF-DT4 Allentown/Philadelphia (UHF Channel 38)
A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production
Courtesy: FremantleMedia North America
Episode #12 Original Air: October 2, 1979
Watch Beat the Clock on BUZZR!
Sundays at 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM
Visit buzzrplay.com for more information.
The official video for the single "Beat The Clock" from the 1979 album No.1 In Heaven.
Directed by Millaney/Grant
No. 1 In Heaven • 40th Anniversary Edition is released March 2019 on double LP/CD. Available for pre-order → http://store.allsparks.com
Like SPARKS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sparksofficial
Follow SPARKS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparksofficial
Follow SPARKS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparks_official
Visit the official SPARKS website: https://www.allsparks.com
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Beat the Clock [Extended Version] · Sparks
No. 1 In Heaven
℗ 2019 Lil' Beethoven Records
Released on: 1979-03-02
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Beat The Clock · Ghostface
The Pretty Toney Album
℗ 2004 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Released on: 2004-04-20
Producer: Minnesota
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mixer: Stephen "Spidey" Glicken
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Ghostface
Studio Personnel, Assistant Mixer: Jesse "walkthruwalls" Ibarra
Unknown, Other: Mario Caruso
Composer Lyricist: Mark Richardson
Composer Lyricist: Dennis Coles
Composer Lyricist: Buddy Johnson
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Provided to YouTube by Absolute Marketing International Ltd
Beat the Clock [Extended Version] · Sparks
No.1 In Heaven
℗ 1979 Lil' Beethoven
Released on: 1979-03-01
Auto-generated by YouTube.
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WTXF-DT4 Allentown/Philadelphia (UHF Channel 38)
A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production
Courtesy: FremantleMedia North America
Episode #12 Original Air: October 2, 1979
Watch Beat the Clock on BUZZR!
Sundays at 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM
Visit buzzrplay.com for more information.
Barris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Drexel Institute of Technology where he was a columnist for the student newspaper, The Triangle. He graduated in 1953.
Barris got his start in television as a page and later staffer at NBC in New York City, and eventually worked backstage at the TV music show American Bandstand (then filmed in Philadelphia), originally as a standards-and-practices person for ABC. Barris soon became a music industry figure. He produced pop music on records and TV, but his most successful venture was writing "Palisades Park". Recorded by Freddy Cannon, it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks (June 23-30, 1962), the biggest hit of Cannon's career. Barris also wrote or co-wrote some of the music that appeared on his game shows.
Meanwhile I will just keep my big mouth shut My words are like hot air balloons With everything already said - twice, if I may add My memory says, I never have been here before From the Ice age up until the first world war But then, also my birth I never recalled Spit fire as the world goes round (a-ha) Fire higher than the clouds (fire in the clouds) Spit fire 'till the world comes out In the twilight Their talk is as wise as it's laughable: (oh, and a little ridicul) "Your aura's like a blue cocoon" "And all my friends come from the moon" "I can see ghosts, too" (oh, don't lie!) And there will be no better thought as the years go by That our life is going to be continued when we die Lame excuses or the nature of life Spit fire as the world goes round (a-ha) Fire higher than the clouds (fire in the clouds) Spit fire 'till the world comes out Of the twilight I must admit there's something larger than life at work it's a little funny you can't see Spit fire as the world goes round (a-ha) Fire higher than the clouds (fire in the clouds) Spit fire 'till the world comes out of the twilight Spit fire as the world goes round (a-ha) Fire higher than the clouds (fire in the clouds) Spit fire 'till the world comes out of the twilight Soon I myself, too will gladly step Out of the twilight 'cause only I, myself, understand