Badfish (song)

"Badfish"

Single by Sublime
from the album 40oz. to Freedom
Released	January 1993
Recorded	1991-1992 at Mambo in Long Beach, California
Genre	Ska, reggae fusion
Length	3:04
Label	Skunk, Gasoline Alley/MCA
Writer(s)	Bradley nowell
Producer(s)	Sublime

"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. It has been said Nowell wrote this song about his struggle with heroin addiction.^[1]

Badfish EP

Track listing

"Badfish"
"Don't Push (Original)"
"Untitled Dub (Live)"
"We're Only Gonna Die (Live)"
"Roots of Creation"

References

↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Sublime/_/Badfish

External links

"Badfish" Official music video on YouTube

Sublime

Bradley Nowell Eric Wilson Bud Gaugh

Studio albums	40oz. to Freedom Robbin' the Hood Sublime

Other albums	Second-hand Smoke Stand by Your Van Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends Greatest Hits 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime Gold Everything Under the Sun

Songs	"Date Rape" "Badfish" "Smoke Two Joints" "Scarlet Begonias" "We're Only Gonna Die" "Rivers of Babylon" "5446-That's My Number" "What I Got" "Wrong Way" "Doin' Time" "Santeria" "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" "Caress Me Down"

Tributes and legacy	Look at All the Love We Found Forever Free Long Beach Dub Allstars Long Beach Shortbus Badfish

See also	Discography Sublime with Rome Skunk Records Miguel Happoldt

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