Album · Big Audio Dynamite
This Is Big Audio Dynamite by Big Audio Dynamite
This Is Big Audio Dynamite is an album by Big Audio Dynamite, released in 1985. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 42 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Bottom Line”, on 27 lists with a best position of #15.
This Is Big Audio Dynamite came out on Columbia on 1 November 1985, the debut from the London band former Clash guitarist Mick Jones put together, and it's no exercise in punk nostalgia. Jones sings and plays guitar, Don Letts works the effects and adds vocals, Dan Donovan plays keyboards, Leo Williams bass and Greg Roberts drums, and together they splice punk, dance music, hip-hop, reggae and funk into something jittery, cut-up and new.
"The Bottom Line" led the way as the first single, and "E=MC²" became the band's only UK Top 20 hit. For the "Medicine Show" video, directed by Letts, Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon turned up dressed as cops, with John Lydon and Neneh Cherry also on screen: a Clash reunion of sorts, played strictly on Jones's terms.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from This Is Big Audio Dynamite on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bottom Line | 27 | #15 | – | 1985–2014 | |
| 2 | Medicine Show | 15 | #56 | – | 1986–2021 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.