Just Say Mao was Sire Records' Volume 3 of Just Say Yes and was originally released on July 11, 1989 as a CD sampler. It contained remixes and non-album tracks of artists on the label, most of which were considered new wave or modern rock (all would eventually fall under the genre alternative rock).

Just Say Yes Volume III: Just Say Mao
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedJuly 11, 1989[1]
GenreAlternative rock
Length78:11
LabelSire
Various artists chronology
Just Say Yes Volume II: Just Say Yo
(1988)
Just Say Yes Volume III: Just Say Mao
(1989)
Just Say Yes Volume IV: Just Say Da
(1990)

Track listing

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  1. Everything Counts [Bomb Beyond the Yalu Mix] - Depeche Mode
  2. In a Manner of Speaking - Martin L. Gore
  3. Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria) [Remix] - Figures on a Beach
  4. Thrash - Underworld
  5. Pistol - Erasure
  6. Insha-Allah - Nasa
  7. Dizzy [Remix] - Throwing Muses
  8. Whistling for His Love [Remix] - Danielle Dax
  9. Lucky Lisp - Morrissey
  10. Between Something and Nothing - The Ocean Blue
  11. Da'ale Da'ale [Remix] - Ofra Haza
  12. Don't Say No [Remix] - Tom Tom Club
  13. Hunted Child - Ice-T
  14. Nanana - Royal Crescent Mob
  15. Date to Church - The Replacements, Tom Waits
  16. Nowhere to Stand - k.d. lang
  17. Strawman - Lou Reed

Its continued success further fueled a series of subsequent albums, the subtitles of which were variations on the 'Just Say' theme:

References

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  1. ^ Coleman, Bill (1989-07-15). "Dance Trax". Billboard. 101 (28): 27. "Just Say Mao" is the latest installment from Sire in the specially priced, CD-only "Just Say Yes" series. Scheduled for a Tuesday (11) release date...