Rush_(Big_Audio_Dynamite_II_song)

Rush (Big Audio Dynamite II song)

Rush (Big Audio Dynamite II song)

1991 single by Big Audio Dynamite II


"Rush" is a song by English band Big Audio Dynamite II from their fifth album, The Globe (1991). A longer version of "Rush", entitled "Change of Atmosphere", had previously appeared on the group's 1990 album Kool-Aid.

Quick Facts Single by Big Audio Dynamite II, from the album The Globe ...

The song samples several musical recordings, including the keyboard component of the Who's song "Baba O'Riley", the organ from the introduction to the Deep Purple song "Child in Time", a drum break from Tommy Roe's "Sweet Pea", drums and guitars from a break in Pigmeat Markham's "Here Comes the Judge", a line from the Sugarhill Gang's song "Rapper's Delight" where Big Bank Hank raps "a time to cry, a time to laugh", and a vocal sample from "You Keep Me Swingin'", from Peter Sellers' Songs for Swingin' Sellers. The shorter 7-inch version omits all the samples except for the "Baba O'Riley" keyboard and the "Sweet Pea" drums.

"Rush" was a number-one hit on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks in 1991, becoming the chart's most successful hit of 1991, and it also topped the Australian and New Zealand singles charts. In the United Kingdom, "Rush" was originally released as the B-side to the 1991 re-release of the Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go". The A-side was immensely popular due to its inclusion in a Levi Strauss & Co. advert, causing it to climb to number one on the UK Singles Chart. The sleeve art for the 7-inch and CD singles displayed the Clash on the front, and BAD II on the rear. The record label displays "Should I Stay or Should I Go" as side "A" and "Rush" as side "AA", making it effectively a double A-side release.

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Personnel

Charts

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Certifications

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See also


References

  1. Rush (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Big Audio Dynamite II. Columbia Records. 1991. 657640 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Rush (UK cassette single sleeve). Big Audio Dynamite II. Columbia Records. 1991. 656978 4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Rush (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Big Audio Dynamite II. Columbia Records. 1991. 657640 6.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. Rush (UK CD single liner notes). Big Audio Dynamite II. Columbia Records. 1991. 657640 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. Rush (US cassette single sleeve). Big Audio Dynamite II. Columbia Records. 1991. 38T 73987.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. Rush (US 12-inch single vinyl disc). Big Audio Dynamite II. Columbia Records. 1991. 44 74134.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. Rush (US CD single liner notes). Big Audio Dynamite II. Columbia Records. 1991. 44K 73844.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. Rush (Australian 12-inch single vinyl disc). Big Audio Dynamite II. Columbia Records. 1991. 656978 6.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. Rush (Australian CD single liner notes). Big Audio Dynamite II. Columbia Records. 1991. 656978 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. Rush (Australian cassette single sleeve). Big Audio Dynamite II. Columbia Records. 1991. 656978-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. "1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  12. "The Year in Music 1991: Top Modern Rock Tracks" (PDF). Billboard. 21 December 1991. p. YE-41. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

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