Just Play Music!
1988 single by Big Audio Dynamite
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Single by Big Audio Dynamite | ||||
from the album Tighten Up, Vol. 88 | ||||
B-side | "Much Worse" | |||
Released | May 1988 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Studio | Beethoven St. Studios (West London) | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Length | 3:55 (Edit) 4:11 (LP Version) | |||
Label | CBS | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Mick Jones | |||
Big Audio Dynamite singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Just Play Music!" on YouTube | ||||
"Just Play Music!" is a song by the English band Big Audio Dynamite, 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's then-new Modern Rock songs chart.
A heavily edited version of the single's B-side, "Much Worse", is used as the introduction of WBAI's talk radio programme "Off the Hook".
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
Chart positions
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[1] | 49 |
UK Singles Chart[2] | 51 |
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[3] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[4] | 45 |
See also
- List of Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number ones of the 1980s
References
- ^ "charts.nz - Discography Big Audio Dynamite". charts.nz. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company - Big Audio Dynamite". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
- ^ "Alternative Songs: Top Alternative Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
- ^ "Big Audio Dynamite > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
External links
- "Just Play Music!" at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Mick Jones
- Don Letts
- Dan Donovan
- Leo Williams
- Greg Roberts
- Nick Hawkins
- Gary Stonadge
- Chris Kavanagh
- André Shapps
- Michael "Zonka" Custance
- Darryl Fulstow
- Bob Wond
- Ranking Roger
- This Is Big Audio Dynamite (1985)
- No. 10, Upping St. (1986)
- Tighten Up Vol. 88 (1988)
- Megatop Phoenix (1989)
- Kool-Aid (1990)
- The Globe (1991)
- Higher Power (1994)
- F-Punk (1995)
- Entering a New Ride (1997)
- "The Bottom Line"
- "E=MC2"
- "Medicine Show"
- "C'mon Every Beatbox"
- "V. Thirteen"
- "Just Play Music!"
- "Other 99"
- "James Brown"
- "Rush"
- "The Globe"
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