Mick Jones and B.A.D. Poised to Deliver New Ride

Old Clash fans and younger B.A.D. fans, join hands! Former Clash axeman Mick Jones and his B.A.D. bandmates have completed work on their new record. Titled Entering a New Ride and slated for an early '98 release on Radioactive, the record promises a return to "the really early B.A.D. sound," according to label spokesperson Jimmy Auth. The first white-label (promo-only) single is the spirited "Sunday Best," already getting airplay in London's hippest nightspots. For all the latest B.A.D. info, check out the band's ultra-cool website, maintained by Mick himself.

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Song Stories

“I'm Yours”

Jason Mraz | 2008

Jason Mraz re-emerged after his disappointing second album with this lead single, a Jack Johnson-esque ditty about giving yourself fully to someone else. The success of the reggae-tinged song (it earned two Grammy nods and a spot on the Billboard singles chart for well over a year) was something the folk-pop singer never predicted when he wrote it in 15 minutes at home. "I played a happy-hippie chord progression that would probably work without 50 different Bob Marley songs," he told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'It's too novelty. This is a nursery rhyme,'" concluding that "you can never guess what's gonna be a hit."

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