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Badfish (song)

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Released
  
January 1993

Length
  
3:04

Genre
  
Ska, reggae fusion

Writer(s)
  
Bradley Nowell

Recorded
  
1991-1992 at Mambo in Long Beach, California

Label
  
Skunk, Gasoline Alley/MCA

"Badfish" is a song by ska-punk group Sublime from their 1992 debut album, 40oz. to Freedom. The song was originally released on the band's 1991 demo tape, Jah Won't Pay the Bills. The song was later featured on the band's 1997 compilation album Second-hand Smoke and Greatest Hits album. It is one of the band's most popular songs. The melody of the song is heavily inspired by "All the Fun That We Missed" by The Ziggens. The song is in the key of A mixolydian.

Track listing

  1. "Badfish"
  2. "Don't Push" (Original)
  3. "Untitled Dub" (Live)
  4. "We're Only Gonna Die" (Live)
  5. "Roots of Creation"

References

Badfish (song) Wikipedia