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“Looking For A Song” by Big Audio Dynamite
From the album Higher Power (1994)
“Looking For A Song” by Big Audio Dynamite appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1994 and 2003. It was first released in 1994 on the album Higher Power. Its best result is #67 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #213 alternative song of 1994 and #7,012 alternative song of all time.
"Looking for a Song" went out as a single from Higher Power, the seventh album from Big Audio Dynamite, who by 1994 were going by the shorter Big Audio, and it climbed to number 24 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Mick Jones shares the writing credit with Sergio Portaluri, David Sion and Fulvio Zafret. Andre Shapps produced it and plays keyboards, with Nick Hawkins on guitar, Gary Stonadge on bass, Chris Kavanagh on drums and Michael Custance on turntables, and Hawkins, Stonadge and Kavanagh all sing on it. Jones, taking his cue from Bob Marley, wanted the album's songs to carry uplifting messages. Critics split: Trouser Press heard the dance sounds but missed the tunes, Entertainment Weekly called it a miss as both rave and rock, and the Knoxville News Sentinel enjoyed its mix of funk, pop and hip-hop.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 67 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1973 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1972 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1996 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1978 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1907 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Looking for a Song.
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