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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

867-Big Audio Dynamite-E=MC2.

1986-Number 11 single.

Best Bit-At 3.37.You don’t have to be a Albert Einstein to work out how good this song is.

Big Audio Dynamite were formed in London, England, in 1984 by Mick Jones after his dismissal from The Clash (see also best songs 294 and 638,) where he had been the lead guitarist.Jones is the bands one constant, they were active between 1984-1997, but did reform to tour in 2011.

‘E=MC2’ was co-written by Jones, and original ‘BAD’ band member Don Letts, who provided the majority of the lyrics.The song is a tribute to the film director Nicholas Roeg (1928-2018,) the lyrics refer to several of his films, including ‘Performance,”Walkabout,”The Man Who Fell To Earth,’ and ‘Bad Timing.’ The samples of dialogue are taken from the 1970 film ‘Performance,’ which starred Mick Jagger, and James Fox.The song is named after Albert Einstein’s formula that made nuclear power possible (E=MC2,) Einstein is one of the four characters portrayed in the 1985 film ‘Insignificance,’ along with Marilyn Monroe, Joseph McCarthy, and Joe DiMaggio, three other iconic figures from history.

‘Space guy fell from the sky, scratched my head, and wondered why.’