{{Infobox song | name = Just Play Music! | cover = Just Play Music!.jpg | alt = | 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) | venue = | genre = Post-punk | length = 3:55 (Edit)<br />4:11 (LP Version) | label = CBS | writer = * Mick Jones * Don Letts * Greg Roberts | producer = Mick Jones | prev_title = Sightsee M.C! | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Other 99 | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|LA31hiYg_Vk|title="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.
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)''' # "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
==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1988) !Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Italy Airplay (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-07-30.pdf|title=Playlist Report: RAI - Italy|magazine=Music & Media|volume=5|issue=31|page=6|date=30 July 1988}}</ref> | 14 |- !scope="row"|New Zealand ''RIANZ'' Singles Chart<ref name="nz-charts">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Big+Audio+Dynamite | title=charts.nz - Discography Big Audio Dynamite| publisher=charts.nz| accessdate=2011-06-15}}</ref> | 49 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles Chart<ref name="Chart Stats - Big Audio Dynamite">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=The Official Charts Company - Big Audio Dynamite |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2008-11-17 |df= }}</ref> | 51 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-songs/1988-09-17|title=Alternative Songs: Top Alternative Songs Chart|work=Billboard|access-date=2017-04-27}}</ref> | 1 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3668|pure_url=yes}}|title=Big Audio Dynamite > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2011-06-16}}</ref> | 45 |}
== See also == * List of ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks number ones of the 1980s
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{discogs master|34258|type=single}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Just Play Music!}} Category:1988 songs Category:1988 singles Category:Big Audio Dynamite songs Category:Songs written by Don Letts Category:Songs written by Mick Jones (The Clash) Category:Song recordings produced by Mick Jones (The Clash) Category:CBS Records singles
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