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“Just Play Music” by Big Audio Dynamite

From the album Tighten Up Vol. 88 (1988)

“Just Play Music” by Big Audio Dynamite appears on 19 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1988 and 2013. It was first released in 1988 on the album Tighten Up Vol. 88. Its best result is #8 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 1988, #1,582 alternative song of all time and #155 of the '80s.

19countdowns
5stations
#8best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1988–2013years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 54 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107
1988 8 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 106
1988 14 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 214 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1999 926 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 977 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 979 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 979 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 986 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 964 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1456 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 964 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 964 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1772 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1749 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1781 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1825 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1903 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1977 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012

Also listed as: Just Play Music!.

Charting alongside it in 1988

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  3. 3Beds are BurningMidnight Oil
  4. 4Route 66Depeche Mode
  5. 5Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees
  6. 6Chains of LoveErasure