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. It was released as a single in the United States and is taken from their album '' The Globe''. It samples the 1981 song "

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", which was written by Big Audio Dynamite II singer Mick Jones during his tenure with

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, and Lionel Richie's 1983 single, "

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". The song spent 10 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at No. 72 in March 1992.

Music video

A music video for the single edit of the song was released in 1991 through

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. It was directed by Nic Hofmeyr and Ralph Ziman. The video features the band playing at the

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tower in

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, inter-spliced with stock footage of the city, its nightlife and scenery, and a recording of the band performing on stage.

Track listing

#"The Globe" (Single Edit) – 3:50 #"The Globe" (Single Remix Edit) – 4:05 * #"The Globe" (12" Mix) – 7:42 * #"The Globe" (Dub Version) – 5:43 * #"The Globe" (By The Orb) – 9:22 ** #"The Globe" (Instrumental) – 4:54 *** ** Remix by

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, Engineer: Marcus Draws, Programmer: Andy Whitmore, Percussion: Joe Beckett. *** Remix and additional production by

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. **** Mixed by Mick Jones and Andre Shapps.

Personnel

* Mick Jones – vocals * Nick Hawkins – guitars * Gary Stonadge – bass guitar * Chris Kavanagh – drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

1991 songs 1991 singles Big Audio Dynamite songs Songs written by Mick Jones (The Clash) Song recordings produced by Mick Jones (The Clash) Columbia Records singles {{1990s-rock-song-stub