The piece is a rare example of source music in the Star Wars films-music that does not exist out of universe on the soundtrack, but is played diegetically by characters within the film. While it received its in-universe name, "Mad About Me," from the short story Empire Blues: The Devaronian's Tale in 1995's Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, it is titled "Cantina Band" on the film's many soundtracks. The cue titled "Cantina Band" was scored by John Williams for Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, released in 1977. " Can you imagine several creatures in a future century finding some 1930s Benny Goodman swing band music in a time capsule or under a rock someplace-and how they might attempt to interpret it?" ―George Lucas Excerpt Īn excerpt from "Mad About Me" ( Star Wars: A New Hope Special Edition soundtrack) In 12 ABY, a bar on Nar Shaddaa owned by Reelo Baruk had "Mad About Me" playing as ambient music. The following year, "Mad About Me" received a good deal of play in cantinas across Tatooine. The song that the bartender Ackmena sang to encourage her customers to leave, " Goodnight, But Not Goodbye," had instrumentals very similar to "Mad About Me," which were also played by the Modal Nodes. They were once again interrupted, as the Empire announced that it was imposing a curfew on the Tatoo system, effective immediately. Later that year, the Modal Nodes played a performance of "Mad About Me" for an interplanetary Imperial broadcast about life on Tatooine. Where a band more experienced with the cantina would have continued to play in harmony with the chaos around them, the Modal Nodes promptly stopped, but when the fracas had died down they picked up where they had left off and finished the song. As the situation turned violent, Kenobi brought out his lightsaber and cut off Baba's arm. Shortly after their performance began, Kenobi and Skywalker arrived upon entering, Skywalker was harassed by two of the patrons, Ponda Baba and Cornelius Evazan. On the day the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and his protege Luke Skywalker came to Mos Eisley in search of transport off Tatooine, the band squabbled over their choice of song before choosing "Mad About Me." The band, however, was unaccustomed to performing at places like Chalmun's, and their performance of it was off both key and tempo, glaringly noticeable to patrons with sensitive hearing like the Chadra-Fan Kabe. In 0 BBY, the Modal Nodes got a job as the regular band at Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in Mos Eisley. The tune, though fairly nondescript, was bouncy, and the Modal Nodes' rendition of it was particularly upbeat.
By 0 BBY, the song had become a favorite of the Bith jizz band Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes.
The Toydarian junk dealer Watto often hummed the tune to himself in his shop in Mos Espa, on the planet Tatooine. "Mad About Me" was written at some point before 3643 BBY.
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