"Rush"
Single by Big Audio Dynamite II
from the album The Globe
ReleasedJune 1991
Length
  • 4:17 (album version)
  • 3:11 (7-inch version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Mick Jones
Producer(s)
  • Mick Jones
  • Andre Shapps
Big Audio Dynamite II singles chronology
"Free"
(1990) 		"Rush"
(1991) 		"The Globe"
(1991)
Music video
"Rush" on YouTube

"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.

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.

Track listings

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Rush"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[18] Gold 35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[21] Gold 5,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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. ^ "Big Audio Dynamite II – Rush". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1666." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Big Audio Dynamite II – Rush". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Big Audio Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Big Audio Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Big Audio Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Big Audio Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  18. ^ a b "1991 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  19. ^ "The Year in Music 1991: Top Modern Rock Tracks" (PDF). Billboard. 21 December 1991. p. YE-41. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  20. ^ "End of Year Charts 1992". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  21. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Big Audio Dynamite – Rush". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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