Just Play Music!

"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.

"Just Play Music!"
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)	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)
Music video
"Just Play Music!" on YouTube

In the US, it was the second song to top Billboard's then-new Modern Rock Tracks 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

Charts

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