Vocal Rhythmic patterns are often complex and run counter to rigid percussion beats.

Gilliam describes the percussion beat as "harsh."

The song starts off with a single percussion beat, leading into the refrain riff, with a triple guitar overdub.

After a small saxophone interlude, a break-down comes with Madonna singing in a fuller voice, as horns and percussion beats continue.

The percussion beat seemed softer as one climber rose and suddenly launched into mid-air.

Soca is indeed defined by its loud, fast percussion beats.

As if in counterpoint to their climbing, a low, irregu-lar percussion beat seemed to whisper through the stairwells.

The pounding was repeated, a percussion beat of desperation.

This comes in the form of the type of percussion beats, shout outs, and subject matter of his songs.

Though the song has a fast percussion beat and a relatively straight melody line, it was chosen as the first single.