THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

685-Public Domain-Operation Blade (Bass in the Place.)

2000-Number 5 single.

Best Bit-At 1.12. ‘Everybody in the house make some noise,’ or, ‘I want everyone in the house to say ‘Ho.” There’s a couple of crowd-pleasers for you party DJ’s to add to your repertoire.

Public Domain were formed in Ayr, Scotland, in 1999, by Mark Sherry, James Allan, and Alistair MacIsaac, prior to the release of ‘Operation Blade (Bass in the Place’) the trio were joined by Mallorca Lee, and David Forbes. After the success of their first three singles, both Mallorca Lee, and David Forbes left the group, with Neil Skinner joining shortly after, at the time of writing, with Mark Sherry being the groups driving force, they remain active, although there has been no new music issued under the ‘Public Domain’ name since 2004.

Public Domain are an Electronic Music group who record in the genres of ‘Acid House,’ ‘Happy Hardcore,’ ‘Hard Techno,’ and ‘Hard Trance.’ They have released one studio Album to date, which was ‘Hard Hop Superstars,’ in 2001, which charted in the top 40 in New Zealand, the only territory where it found top 40 commercial success, peaking at Number 24, although it did also reach Number 65 in Australia. Public Domain have released five singles between 2000-2004, with the first three of those tracks making the UK top 40, with ‘Operation Blade (Bass in the Place’) peaking the highest at Number 5. Their other two top 40 entries are ‘Rock da Funky Beats,’
featuring Chuck D, of the American ‘Hip-Hop’ group ‘Public Enemy,’ (see also best songs 578 and 37) which reached Number 19 in 2001, and the double ‘A’ sided single, ‘Too Many MCs’/’Let Me Clear My Throat,’ which peaked at Number 34 in 2002.

‘Operation Blade (Bass in the Place’) which is also unofficially known as ‘Operation Blade (Bass in the Place London’) was the first of three singles released from Public Domain’s only studio Album ‘Hard Hop Superstars,’ from 2001. The song was co-written and co-produced by Mark Sherry, Alistair MacIsaac, and James Allan, and can be filed under the musical genres of ‘Acid House,’ and Hard Trance.’ In 2003 the song was re-issued after being remixed by the German music producers Reinhard Raith, and Tommy Serano, who are better known as ‘VooDoo & Serano.’ The track was released as a double ‘A’ sided single, with the ‘VooDoo & Serano’ written track ‘Blood Is Pumpin,’ which in it’s original form had peaked at Number 19 in the UK in 2001. The new remix of ‘Operation Blade (Bass in the Place’) stalled at Number 77.

‘Operation Blade (Bass in the Place’) which was also issued again in 2006 as the ‘XXX’ remix, heavily samples the ‘Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix’ of the 1995 remix of the 1983 UK Number 12 single ‘Confusion,’ by the British Rock group ‘New Order.’ ‘Confusion,’ and the ‘Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix’ were co-written by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner of the British group ‘New Order,’ (see also best songs 885 and 619) along with the American music producer Arthur Baker, (see also best songs 825 and 716) although none of New Order, or Arthur Baker receive writing credits on ‘Operation Blade (Bass in the Place.’)

The New Order ‘Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix’ can be heard playing over the memorable opening scene of the 1998 American superhero film ‘Blade,’ starring Wesley Snipes, hence the songs title ‘Operation Blade.’ Other songs to sample the ‘Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix’ include, ‘Phatt Bass,’ by the ‘Warp Bros,’ and ‘Play It Louder,’ by ‘Randy Katana.’

Bass to the place, London. Everybody in the house do now make some noise. I wanna hear everybody in the place say ho, ho. Public Domain kickin’ it to you man.’