The Indestructible Beat of Soweto, later repackaged as The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Volume One, is a compilation album released in 1985 on the Earthworks label, featuring musicians from South Africa, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Mahlathini.

The album was conceived by white South African expatriates Trevor Herman and Jumbo Vanrenen and released in 1985 on the British-based Earthworks label.

Released prior to the more commercially successful Graceland by Paul Simon, it was one of the first albums of contemporary South African music to be widely available outside the country.

[2] The album has been re-released several times and also spawned a succession of later volumes in the Indestructible Beat series, released by the Earthworks label.

[12] Pitchfork ranked it number 159 in their 2018 list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s", calling it a "palpable joy" with "[l]oping rhythms, flickering guitar riffs, and shimmering synth licks [that] back a dazzling array of groaning, ululating, harmonizing voices".