Beat rude to me

Merseybeat deserves its own entry and we all know why even if the most prominent beat-titled band moved on. Beat groups sprung up and influenced the world with their own take on rock. It kept to the simple tale-telling rock’n’roll and R’n’B employed, along with their predilection for heart ache and chasing after the opposite sex.
The issue again is “Do we want to stick to this simple formula?” when this has been so well-covered here. The crux could be in what other influences are brought to beat music/British beat (not the band of that name, the genre). Wikipedia defines it thus

Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll (mainly Chuck Berry guitar style and the midtempo beat of Lubbock sound artists like Buddy Holly), doo-wop, skiffle and R&B.

You Turn Me Upside Down

I keep my nose to the ground
I'm the square there when you're around
proof once aloof in love now profound
You turn me upside down, girl (turn me upside down)
[RPT]

My feet can't compete with the noise on the street
You take me apart like it's art yet you make me complete
My shins shine where a grin should begin
My knees pressed where knows need to guess
The best moment not to be in
[chorus]
I liked being aright but you set me alight
  in standing and landing right
It was my head that said it could step instead
   into the light defining the night
[chorus]

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