Rush (Big Audio Dynamite II song)


"Rush" is a song by English band Big Audio Dynamite II from their album The Globe. The song samples several musical compositions, 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 laugh, a time to cry", and a vocal sample from Peter Sellers in Fred Flange's song "You Keep Me Swingin'", where Sellers talks about "rhythm and melody". A longer version of "Rush", entitled "Change of Atmosphere", had previously appeared on the group's 1990 album Kool-Aid, to little notice.
"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" 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

"Should I Stay or Should I Go / Rush" – CD single
  1. "Should I Stay or Should I Go" – 3:06
  2. "Rush" – 3:58
  3. "Protex Blue" – 1:45
  4. "Rush" – 8:00
"Rush" – 7" vinyl
  1. "Rush" – 3:11
  2. "Rush" – 3:55
"Rush" – 12" vinyl
  1. "Rush" – 5:50
  2. "Rush" – 5:51
  3. "Rush" – 7:57
  4. "Rush" – 3:11
"Rush" – UK CD single
  1. "Rush" – 3:11
  2. "Rush" – 5:50
  3. "Rush" – 7:57
  4. "City Lights" – 7:47
"Rush" – US CD single
  1. "Rush" – 4:17
  2. "Rushdance" – 8:04
  3. "City Lights" – 7:44
  4. "Rush" – 5:45

    Official versions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
New Zealand 16

Certifications

In popular culture

The "New York City Club Version" remix of "Rush" was featured in the 1993 Mike Myers' film So I Married an Axe Murderer.