Just Play Music!

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"Just Play Music!"
Just Play Music!.jpg
Single by Big Audio Dynamite
from the album Tighten Up, Vol. 88
B-side"Much Worse"
ReleasedMay 1988
Recorded1988
GenrePost-punk
Length4:11
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)Mick Jones, Don Letts, Greg Roberts
Producer(s)Mick Jones
Big Audio Dynamite singles chronology
"Sightsee M.C!"
(1987) 		"Just Play Music!"
(1988) 		"Other 99"
(1988)

"Just Play Music!" is a song by English band Big Audio Dynamite in 1988 as the first single from their third studio album Tighten Up, Vol. 88.

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)
  1. "Just Play Music!" – 3:55
  2. "Much Worse" – 2:45
12 Inch Single (CBS BAAD QT4)
  1. "Just Play Music! (Extended Remix)" – 5:51
  2. "Much Worse (Extended Mix)" – 5:23
CD Single (CBS CD BAAD 4)
  1. "Just Play Music! (Extended Mix)" – 8:08
  2. "Much Worse (Extended Mix)" – 6:45
  3. "The Bottom Line" – 4:38

Chart positions[]

Chart (1988) Peak
position
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 number-one alternative singles of the 1980s

References[]

  1. ^ "charts.nz - Discography Big Audio Dynamite". charts.nz. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
  2. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Big Audio Dynamite". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
  3. ^ "Alternative Songs: Top Alternative Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
  4. ^ "Big Audio Dynamite > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-16.


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