The Tale of the Tape is a rock album by Billy Squier

Billy Squier

William Haislip "Billy" Squier is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No...

 that was released in 1980. It was his first solo album, following two albums with the band Piper. Although no song from the album reached the charts, the song "The Big Beat" has been notably sampled by hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 artists, including Run-D.M.C.

Run-D.M.C.

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's "Here We Go", Big Daddy Kane

Big Daddy Kane

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's "Ain't No Half Steppin'", Jay-Z

Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...

's "99 Problems

99 Problems

"99 Problems" is the third single released by American rapper Jay-Z in 2004 from The Black Album. Throughout the song Jay-Z tells a story about dealing with a racist cop who wants to illegally search his car, dealing with rap critics, and dealing with an aggressor...

", Dizzee Rascal

Dizzee Rascal

Dylan Kwabena Mills , better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a Ghanaian British rapper, songwriter and record producer. His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with eclectic samples and more exotic styles...

's "Fix Up, Look Sharp

Fix Up, Look Sharp

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" and U.T.F.O's "Roxanne, Roxanne".

Track listing

All songs by Billy Squier, except where noted.

1. "The Big Beat" 3:36
2. "Calley Oh" 4:05
3. "Rich Kid" 4:39
4. "Like I'm Lovin' You" 3:07
5. "Who Knows What a Love Can Do" (Fred St. John, Squier) 3:39
6. "You Should Be High, Love" (Squier, Desmond Child
   Desmond Child
   Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...
   
   ) 4:14
7. "Who's Your Boyfriend" (St. John, Squier) 3:34
8. "The Music's All Right" 5:46
9. "Young Girls" 4:08
10. "Music's All Right" (Demo) (CD Bonus Track)
11. "Young Girls" (Demo) (CD Bonus Track)

Personnel

• Billy Squier - Vocals, Guitar, Percussion
• Bruce Kulick
  Bruce Kulick
  Bruce Howard Kulick is an American guitarist, musician and a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick had been a longtime member of the band Kiss....
  
   - Guitar
• David Sancious
  David Sancious
  David Sancious is an American musician. He was an early member of Bruce Springsteen's backing group, the E Street Band, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums, and again on the 1992 album Human Touch. Sancious is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known as a keyboard player and...
  
   - Keyboards, Synthesizers
• Richard T. Bear - Keyboards
• Bucky Ballard - Bass
• Bobby Chouinard - Drums
• Ernest Carter - Percussion

Production

• Produced By Billy Squier & Eddie Offord
• Engineered & Mixed By Eddy Offord & Rob Davis
• Mastered By Wally Traugott
• All Songs Published By Songs Of The Knight (BMI
  Broadcast Music Incorporated
  Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
  
  ), except "Who's Your Boyfriend" (Songs Of The Knight/Bomass Music Corp.), "Who Knows What A Love Can Do" (Songs Of The Knight/Hostel Music), and "You Should Be High, Love" (Songs Of The Knight/Desmobile Music Company).