How to beat the slot is the number song on the Billboard charts. It also won 12
Grammys and may ever win an Academy award for best song. How to beat the slot is
a song sung by Howard Jones and written by Kevin Arnold. Jones is best
known for singing the theme for the 2006 World Cup and the theme from the
Wedding Crashers. Arnold has a string of hits to his credit as well. The two
were holidaying together in Jamaica and thought it would good if they
collaborated on a song. When they returned from the Caribbean they hooked up
in Los Angeles and started to work. They wanted to write a song which was
classical rock but in a homage to Jamaica had reggae elements.

How to beat the slot is the story of a person who is battling drug addiction. Slot is the
term for heroin. A young boy became hooked to it when his pregnant mother was
giving birth to him. She was a junkie and passed the addiction to slot on to him.
He know wants to know how to beat the slot. He tries everything and it all fails
and his last hope is a convent in Pisa. There he is weaned off the horrible poison
and beats the slot. With gentle percussion and some woodwind instruments as
well the song has a wonderful chorus. A motion picture based on the song is in
the works.