Just Play Music! Explained

Just Play Music!
Cover:	Just Play Music!.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Big Audio Dynamite
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
Producer:	Mick Jones
Prev Title:	Sightsee M.C!
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Other 99
Next Year:	1988

"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 Billboards 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 (1) (CBS BAAD T4)

1. "Just Play Music! (Extended Mix)" – 8:08
2. "Much Worse (Extended Mix)" – 6:45

12 Inch Single (2) (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 Modern Rock Tracks number ones of the 1980s

Notes and References

1. Web site: charts.nz - Discography Big Audio Dynamite. charts.nz. 2011-06-15.
2. Web site: The Official Charts Company - Big Audio Dynamite . . 2008-11-17 .
3. News: Alternative Songs: Top Alternative Songs Chart. Billboard. 2017-04-27.
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3668|pure_url=yes}} Big Audio Dynamite > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums]. Allmusic. 2011-06-16.