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Yo Bad Azizi
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song by Duran Duran
Released 1 October 1990
Recorded 1989-1990
Genre Pop
Length 3:03 minutes
Label Capitol, EMI
Writer(s) Duran Duran
Producer(s) Duran Duran
Chris Kimsey
Duran Duran

"Yo Bad Azizi" is a song by Duran Duran, released as the B-side to their 22nd single "Serious" by Capitol-EMI on 1 October 1990.

About the song[]

Written by Duran Duran, this is an experimental recording built around a lyric from "Is There Something I Should Know?". The lyrics "Yo Bad Azizi as a nuclear war" is a corruption of "You're about as easy as a nuclear war", due to the way vocalist Simon Le Bon sings the line. This reportedly prompted a fan's letter asking Le Bon what "yo bad azizi" meant.

The song did not appear on the Liberty album.

Radio Chatter in the Song[]

In an interview, the band confirmed the words spoken in the song are in fact Polish. A group of Polish fans were invited into the studio while recording the song, who spoke a few lines about an Atomic War. It is the only Duran Duran song to contain words in Polish. (Source).

Track listings[]

7": Parlophone DD 15 (UK)

  1. "Serious" (Single Version) - 3:56
  2. "Yo Bad Azizi" - 3:03

12": Parlophone 12 DD 15 (UK)

  1. "Serious" (Single Version) - 3:56
  2. "Yo Bad Azizi" - 3:03
  3. "Water Babies" - 5:35

CD: Parlophone CD DD 15 (UK)

  1. "Serious" (Single Version) - 3:56
  2. "Yo Bad Azizi" - 3:03
  3. "Water Babies" - 5:35

CD: Part of the "Singles Box Set 1986-1995"

  1. "Serious" (Single Version) - 3:56
  2. "Yo Bad Azizi" - 3:03
  3. "Water Babies" - 5:35
  4. "All Along the Water" - 3:47

MC: Capitol 4JM-44638 (US)

  1. "Serious" (Single Version) - 3:56
  2. "Yo Bad Azizi" - 3:03
  3. "Liberty" (Fade) - 1:36
  4. "First Impression" (Fade) - 1:43

Other appearances[]

Albums:

Personnel[]

Duran Duran are:

Lyrics[]

Nuclear war
Nuclear war
Yo bad azizi as a nuclear war

Nuclear war
Nuclear war
Yo bad azizi as a nuclear war

Nuclear war
Nuclear war
Yo bad azizi as a nuclear war

Nuc
Nuc
Nuc

Nuclear war
Nuclear war

They say the lights are always bright

Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi as a nuclear war

Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi as a nuclear war

Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi as a nuclear war

Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi as a nuclear war

Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi as a nuclear war

Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi
Yo bad azizi

See also[]

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