MC Tunes - Tunes Splits The Atom

[@feliperaurich]

I'm 68 and still luvin' this !!

[@ponyboycurtis3795]

I'm 44 and heard it first in 1990 when I was 11...its still the business now.

[@nelsonhibbert5267]

But is that a spaz at 00:36?

[@simonmcmullen1129]

Bad boy track

[@vivica11111]

44 years old and still love this💜they should teach this in school 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@RenniefosterRF]

I listened to this album a zillion times when i was a kid. Love Tunes, love 808 State.

[@BrendanJordan-d8i]

The streets will NEVER forget Tunes

[@Gbonejohn1974]

what a year 1990 was ...banging tunes ,just left school and had a fit girlfriend ,life was good

[@147breaks]

Class, I was same, 1989 I left school. Stone roses welcomed me!!

[@EugVR6]

I left in 88....just as the new summer of love started...driving round the M25 and dancing in fields and warehouse all night...those were the days👌🏽

[@alanwoodcock3284]

@@EugVR6 i was there to 😊

[@giogio4833]

Too true ..left school in 89....took up a cycling career in Italy. The raves,the birds,the pills,what a time it was.life was for living back then.

[@eckeynecker]

I was 20 in 1990 . Such a fun time to be that age .

[@Diamondblade2008]

I was 12 when this first came out. I am 38 now and still like this song a lot.

[@Sr19769p]

Same

[@jonblazeinc]

Same age.... good times

[@feliperaurich]

I'm 64 right now !!

[@Diamondblade2008]

feliperaurich So you was 34 when this came out back in 1990! How time flies! Still sounds great on my car radio this song!

[@calumsullivan4620]

I'm gonna loosen my lungs Take a breath And express Three quarters of your mind The tunes will possess Your only capable thought is a function The hunger to dance and cause Human combustion Make it bang, combinating with slang Manchester the dance capital of England The way I swing is close to a sin Unleash vocal domination like Hendrix on strings Lyrical, miracle poetical chatter The raps beefed as the chat gets fatter You drool at the sound of my lyrical feast The snare drums the pulls, my tempo's the heart beat I take root like a weed in summer soil Ruff like a Popeye and my microphone's my Olive Oil Now as I recharge my vocal cords I'll take a pause, 4 seconds to break As I collect my applause People get up and get on one, speed is my style My tongue is the stun gun I leave jams confused state of panic manic I'm frantic some say satanic But that's chat, I don't need the spirit of life is feed Direct attention to the pattern of the drum boil Delivering tracks for the pleasure of disc jocks Tunes is here to breathe life into hip-hop Cool, smooth, but I am hot Yo The deeper we get, people relate and sweat Banging beats for bass for rap with a concept The way I word my lines my boys kick hard Booming and bubbling make the ladies say good god Punks start to front they get verbally scared Rap selection like shorts and I hold the card This is the count-down Systematically melt down Make you dizzy you're deluded when you come around Delete my spell your body rushes when I excel Make you boogie and your head propel Now one second excuse me while I style Collect my thoughts and check my profile Again I have begun lyrical fun, play my voice Like the notes on a steel drum Energy magnet, human conductor Rap maniac, female seductor Girls start wiggling, jiggling, giggling To the Tunes and leave them considering who is the new Rave, rhyme, genius, mysterious My tempo's oblivious Flesh and bone, Dictaphone vocal tone is my thing So I can differ from a pop clone 5' 8" with dimples crush punks likes pimples Rhyme's quick but my samples are simple So concentrate, meditate Please relate to the state of 808, and combinate Escalate to a break so you can groove, but get Heavy like a lead weight Release my beef Erase grief I am the chief Rock my rhymes and leave punks deceased Receive vibes from minds I have caressed Lay jams flat and put bodies to rest I trade letters send and bend them Deliver heat, as my DJ blends them Now I got 2 seconds to break Take it easy as I translate I am rated for my rhyme and steel plated lines Punk you go for yours as I go for mine Crack heads like eggs on concrete Freak out like a dog in a field of sheep Dislocate your feet, make the beat complete Suckle my lyrics like a lamb to a teat But don't step too close ‘cause Your footing might slip Trip, fall on you ass and still try to talk shit Then I will vocally victimise verbally Emphasize the nature of the beast With a musical compromise Between Darren, Price, Massey, and Barker Built like volcano, the talents the lava, yeah Now here's the last count down As I end it on one

[@nelsonhibbert5267]

Could've fooled me, I thought it was: Scribbdibba fibba nab scab dibbee dibba, Hibbee dibbee dibbee dooba hooba wibba wabba wibba etc.

[@calumsullivan4620]

@@nelsonhibbert5267 I don't even remember typing this up aha wtf.

[@nelsonhibbert5267]

@@calumsullivan4620 Neither do I and it was only yesterday.

[@LIVERNIL723]

Baby tune :-) Had this on a TDK D90! I must have taped this back then off Radio 1 and Bruno Brookes' UK Top 40. Brilliant back in the very early 90s.

[@svenverdun8983]

as we did then!

[@chantellescotttrumpet3275]

hey he is ny cousin and his real name is nikky

[@mrflipmode]

I used to go into Eastern Bloc records when it was in Afflecks Palace. The guys (808 state) would hand us a stack full of new releases to listen and id spend the vast majority of my cash on new 12 inches, then have to eat 10p noodles all week because i was skint.

[@simonmillsbentley]

Just saw Top Of The Pops 1990 with a great interview with MC Tunes reminiscing about this song. Which I bought on 7" when I was 13! Great memories 😃

[@TheMICKLEE777]

Will never get bored of this song.....fantastic stuff.

[@mjbdvp]

Tunes genuinely did have a lot of skill, I still listen to the album even now

[@bethandavies6935]

I must have played the album so many times back then!

[@giogio4833]

Still fresh after 30YEARS!!!!

[@brendanjordan6780]

Still fresh as a daisy in 2022. Pure Nostalgic. 😎😎😎

[@ikkybobby1149]

this is still so fly. MC tunes!!!!!! memories youth.

[@deanbody921]

Takes me back. Not heard this in ages. Manc reminiscing. Good times

[@sarahwalker377]

Oh the days............

[@vivica11111]

Still ace in 2020

[@2wiceashard]

And in 2022

[@vivica11111]

@@2wiceashard absolutely still listening❤️

[@JeromekJerome1972]

Havent heard this in years. Thought about MC Tunes randomly and revisiting these great sounds. He could really rhyme and only just realised 808 State mashed up Stone Roses and Sweet Exorcist. Pure class!!

[@alisonb8586]

Brings back those days when I was raving @ 42's in Manchester ❤️

[@bargainboymakem1]

@59 secs, there's something about the double jump in the air accompanied by the running man that brings tears to my eyes remembering 'The days' Special times.

[@1wongatonga]

My Brother MC Tunes can cut a rug and spit lyrics though...👀👏🏾👏🏾👌🏾✌🏾🙏🏾🔥💥

[@andrewclish439]

Awesome, remember seeing MC Tunes in the 90s at the Mayfair in Newcastle - absolutely fucking brilliant. The good old days !!!!!!

[@junkyarddog303]

Been listening to this for over 30 years and only just noticed the bassline is sampled from ‘I am the resurrection’. Duhhhh ha. Pure tune tho.

[@EugVR6]

The base line is Stone Roses, I'm the resurrection.😎

[@1971madjordi]

Love how they used the roses riff in this ❤️

[@CaptainCaveman01]

I had this on 7" and could not stop listening to it :) Thanks for the upload

[@Pauldjreadman]

Mc Tunes and Silver Bullet, shame they never did a colaboration

[@GuzziHeroV50]

Hell yes, Silver Bullett is another awesome brit rapper of those days. Never got the recognition they justly deserved.

[@stevelake9333]

@@GuzziHeroV50 silver bullet was mint 👌

[@mrbee4life182]

I Loved this and The Only Ryme That Bites back in the day still awesome now 👍

[@nickbarrett2547]

This guy could rap...no doubt

[@madbadger6255]

Thank fuck I was born in the early 70's and was in my prime for acid house 😁

[@GuzziHeroV50]

This song comes to mind every time I see 8:08 on my clock :D It's weird how such an ambient trance band and an ace rapper can make such a hit together.

[@jayreeby8873]

18 at the time, hope i get to live it again....

[@zendalski75]

15 that time, Macedonian

[@saraspitefull32]

46 and still own this single vynal

[@neilcasualsanthony895]

Still sounds dope love it WORD 😎

[@Games_Guide]

Still holding it's own in 2021 😎👌

[@alanwoodcock3284]

2023 and beyond😊

[@Games_Guide]

@@alanwoodcock3284 too true 🤜🤛

[@Lukanater7777]

Needs more views and likes!

[@WillieWagglestick]

This is just BRILLIANT. How good were the 808 State dancers too?

[@bopadumSingh]

They were literally Boyz from the hood in manchester

[@glyph2011]

Good god. Sounds just as AWESOME in 2017. How old is this 25 *holy sh** years old?!?

[@jonblazeinc]

1990

[@stefwilky6935]

Do I feel old stick this on I am back in the day........🤫

[@marcia7115]

Still listening in lockdown 21

[@ChampionSoundRadio]

HAHA! This takes me back!!! Love this tune!

[@markburns9116]

Still grooving in 2021

[@1wongatonga]

Bust a move to this gem of a tune!

[@Sr19769p]

Just did - my wife said 'Gooo to bed' lol

[@eckeynecker]

It took him 25 years to release a follow up Album but its a good one .

[@jeroenbronger7327]

Damage By Stereo

[@danchaplin134]

Old Skool is best!

[@garrygreen665]

Love it

[@martyscott1974]

Still sounds great

[@svenverdun8983]

I remember this one. In fact I think I have the CD album stored away somewhere!

[@LIVERNIL723]

Was after The Only Rhyme that bites ;-)

[@svenverdun8983]

that's right!

[@LIVERNIL723]

Sven Verdun They just instantly stand out to me even though I'm in my mid 30s! Summer of 1990 with the World Cup going on a The Only Rhyme That Bites was a big tune. Tune Splits The Atom Followed and hit it of with many.

[@svenverdun8983]

LIVERNIL723 Yeah the 1990 WC, that was a summer! In the music industry it was then a battle between the Mancs/north & London for the best music. Have to say (even though I am a southerner) the Mancs/north produced the better music during that period!

[@GuzziHeroV50]

I still have the vinyl :D

[@oldsynth]

And all of a sudden I'm back in 1990

[@bloodydogs72]

park up, spark up, get busted ,.... happy days ;)

[@welshlad6427]

Tune ❤

[@Rascaduanok]

KLF actually sampled this for their track '3AM Eternal'.

[@RetroDawn]

Do you mean the "test tones"? That was supposed done by Sweet Exorcist first on Testone and sampled by MC Tunes/808 State and also by The KLF. www.whosampled.com/sample/51213/MC-Tunes-808-State-Tunes-Splits-the-Atom-Sweet-Exorcist-Testone/

[@Pauldjreadman]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah haaaaaa lololol oh yeah. Yeah I am huge KLF as well. I know the exact part

[@chris1.2]

Anyone know the sample at the very end? 3:00 ??? I only ever heard it once in my life outside of this track, it was on the radio and it was something like the beautiful south or the house martins….I can’t remember

[@BT-Bopper]

It's from The Grassroots' song, 'You And Love Are The Same', about 1m 40s into the track: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4ukc4GeaqdnbdU

[@markjames4345]

The testone beeps originally came from a Japanese group called Yellow Magic Orchestra, their "Computer Game" track.

[@simonlewis5166]

Thought they came from sweet exorcist - test tone which came out in ‘89 808 were YMO fans though so I wouldn’t be surprised if what you say is right. Their remix of YMO is still worth a spin kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6vFYaxjorKWjdU

[@markjames4345]

@@simonlewis5166 Getting a reply 3 years later - my memory needed refreshing 😂 I didn’t know they remixed YMO, I’ll check it out. Good to hear this record again, still inspired sampling. I used to play it in a club in Cardiff called The Square Club... 1990 / 91. My first time seeing / hearing 808 and MC Tunes was on a BBC 2 “youth culture” kinda program doing “Dance Yourself to Death” , would have possibly 2 years before this- I remember a 606 drum machine. If there’s a clip on KZbin somewhere give it a watch 🏆

[@ozz100]

this dude must be like 80 now 😂😂

[@darrenreid5409]

49 He went to my school Ducie Central and was a year older than me.

[@alanwoodcock3284]

51 now 😉

[@anthonyaylmer1704]

I am the resserection sample .

[@dinobambino7905]

good tune

[@feliperaurichbottiger6637]

Here again !!

[@maxomefoe5324]

Tunes actually did split the atom. 1.20 into the vid.

[@emmalouisa1975]

He's got a bit of Keith Lemon going on!! :D

[@1971madjordi]

You like that don’t you 😉 x

[@johnmodel500]

testtone '' test one BEEP BEEP" BEEP BEEP" BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

[@helenbenyon1681]

Calvin Clements at 3:00

[@Wriggs74]

808 State, doing what they do best.

[@stanlow31]

MC Tunes :-)

[@joeyhughes1413]

Fucking timeless man

[@mr-dbs]

808 state!

[@zendalski75]

Exactly

[@feliperaurichbottiger6637]

¡ fantástico !

[@alancorns5837]

808 state...SWEET AS THEY COME....tunes just lived of 808 state. legends. shite lryics ,cool music.

[@loungejay8555]

1:36 is Graham Massey holding an actual baby??

[@DTM4581]

Bus/Virgin Megastore/cassette single/Bus/ straight upstairs/hinari hifi/turn that shit down boy NEVER!!!

[@leedaniel763]

stone roses

[@roystonevans2223]

Lee Daniel you know it my man 😉

[@RetroDawn]

Good call. Worthy sample.

[@geem4973]

Ye but they robbed it off the damned just saying

[@julianeaves5494]

end of "I am the resurrection "?? knew I'd heard it somewhere 😉

[@PiggiHiggi]

Graham Hyde what was the damned song?

[@elizabethedwards7204]

Like dog 🐕 Amazing song as well 🐖🐭🐥🐣🐈🐃🐰🐇🐐🐣🐀

[@Becky-vs9od]

The baby in the video is now 30!

[@poolworld1]

he came out a few years later and the hits dried up.

[@sarahwalker377]

From my town

[@simonmcmullen1129]

Where u from

[@sarahwalker377]

@@simonmcmullen1129 Manchester

[@thomashigneyhigney4535]

My mc Mr Thomas dust boys mmm bell me Nicky Tommy rockerdale crew iiii

[@berneoptimist]

funky 808

[@vincewayne6041]

He's just done a rap for our new tune.

[@adamwells515]

What was the sample at the end? Had the tune on tape but since deteriorated like my brain.

[@davidpower7515]

808 are the masters of sampling..Even their new stuff still sounds old school..Electro Bleep was a big hit early on in 1990... Another group who used it were the band Together...

[@BT-Bopper]

From The Grassroots' song, 'You And Love Are The Same', at around 1m 40s in the track: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4ukc4GeaqdnbdU

[@adamwells515]

Brilliant, thanks BT. What a great sample. Cheers.

[@summerteeeth]

Trying to work out one of the more obscure samples in the track (the gibberish bit). Can anyone help me out? I do know it was from a single which came out in 1989 0r 90.

[@altyfc2010]

classic

[@plusumuaa1044]

2:10 Limmy is that you?

[@clairejohnston7820]

Stone Roses bassline.

[@1971madjordi]

Outstanding mate, what a mash up 👍

[@recusv]

Tune Tunes.. How the fuck does he remember all those words !!?

[@godsactful]

😂

[@Gbuggj3Dsf1467]

Tunes

[@joy_division_ovengloves]

boop beep beep boop

[@jake3353]

I know his cousin

[@bopadumSingh]

2022

[@ashpool2197]

2:22 GTFO kid lol

[@DaaG00n]

Adam Savage was a rapper?

[@bas6628]

This man pre dates mnem

[@happentodie8776]

how to make something instantly classic just add the words "featuring 808 state"...to this day nobody comes close

[@davidsanderson2960]

This version is different to the one on the album.

[@frazerpeddle]

Was Graham holding a real baby or was it a doll?

[@hyper2high]

Graham massy looks about 12 in this video lol

[@AC_Milan1899]

Sounds South African

[@joemcm1]

connor macgregor 30 years ago.trully awful,to go from cubik and in yer face to this within two years.....hats off for a hit tho 10/10

[@doctorcrankyflaps1724]

Okay then.

[@dougformerlysekkohegane9303]

No mention of 808 State.

[@whipika]

Sekkō Hagane apart from the whole group being part of the video from start to finish!

[@jackjude]

and in the lyrics

[@davidnorden1972]

@@jackjude But apart from that...

[@martymart6143]

I don't normally like white people rapping, for me it's like seeing old people eating pizza (who should be eating lasagne). But this is pretty badass