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", the organ from the introduction to the

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song " Child in Time", a drum break from Tommy Roe's "

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", drums and guitars from a break in Pigmeat Markham's "Here Comes the Judge", a line from

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' '' Songs for Swingin' Sellers''. The shorter 7-inch version omits all the samples except for the "Baba O'Riley" keyboard and the "Sweet Pea" drums. "Rush" was a number-one hit on the US ''Billboard''

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chart for four weeks in 1991, becoming the chart's most successful hit of 1991, and it also topped the

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and

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singles charts. In the United Kingdom, "Rush" was originally released as the

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to the 1991 re-release of

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's " Should I Stay or Should I Go". The

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was immensely popular due to its inclusion in a Levi Strauss & Co. advert, causing it to climb to number one on the UK Singles Chart. The sleeve art for the 7-inch and CD singles displayed the Clash on the front, and BAD II on the rear. The record label displays "Should I Stay or Should I Go" as side "A" and "Rush" as side "AA", making it effectively a

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release.

Track listings

UK 7-inch and cassette single # "Rush" (7-inch original version) – 3:11 # "Rush" (New York remix) – 3:55 UK 12-inch single # "Rush" (New York club mix) – 5:50 # "Rush" (New York instrumental mix) – 5:51 # "Rush" (New York 12-inch mix) – 7:57 # "Rush" (7-inch original version) – 3:11 UK CD single # "Rush" (7-inch original version) – 3:11 # "Rush" (New York club mix) – 5:50 # "Rush" (New York 12-inch mix) – 7:57 # "City Lights" (full length) – 7:47 US cassette single # "Rush" (edit) # "Kool-Aid" US 12-inch single :A1. "Rushdance" – 8:04 :A2. "Rush" (club instrumental) – 9:08 :B1. "Rush" (album version) – 4:17 :B2. "City Lights" – 7:18 US CD single # "Rush" (album version) – 4:17 # "Rushdance" – 8:04 # "City Lights" – 7:18 # "Rush" (live) – 5:45 Australian 12-inch, CD, and cassette single # "Rush" # "E=MC2" # "Medicine Show"

Personnel

* Mick Jones – vocals, guitar * Nick Hawkins – guitar * Gary Stonadge – bass * Chris Kavanagh – drums * Andre Shapps – keyboards, sampling

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rush (Bad song) 1991 songs 1991 singles Big Audio Dynamite songs Capitol Records singles Number-one singles in Australia Number-one singles in New Zealand Songs written by Mick Jones (The Clash) Song recordings produced by Mick Jones (The Clash) UK singles chart number-one singles