"Just Play Music!" is a song by the English band
Big Audio Dynamite
Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) were an English band, formed in London in 1984 by Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist), Mick Jones, former lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of th ...
, released in May 1988 as the first single from their third studio album, ''
Tighten Up, Vol. 88'' (1988). The edit of "Just Play Music!" omits
Don Letts' rapping from the outro and some of the
samples.
In the US, it was the second song to top ''
Billboard
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s then-new
Modern Rock Tracks
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chart.
A heavily edited version of the single's
B-side
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, "Much Worse", is used as the introduction of
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's talk radio programme "
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Track listing
7-inch single (CBS BAAD 4)
# "Just Play Music!" – 3:55
# "Much Worse" – 2:45
12-inch single (1) (CBS BAAD T4)
# "Just Play Music! (Extended Mix)" – 8:08
# "Much Worse (Extended Mix)" – 6:45
12-inch single (2) (CBS BAAD QT4)
# "Just Play Music! (Extended Remix)" – 5:51
# "Much Worse (Extended Mix)" – 5:23
CD single (CBS CD BAAD 4)
# "Just Play Music! (Extended Mix)" – 8:08
# "Much Worse (Extended Mix)" – 6:45
# "The Bottom Line" – 4:38
Charts
See also
*
List of ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks number ones of the 1980s
References
External links
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1988 songs
1988 singles
Big Audio Dynamite songs
Songs written by Don Letts
Songs written by Mick Jones (The Clash)
Song recordings produced by Mick Jones (The Clash)
CBS Records singles
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