# 4hero — Mr Kirk's Nightmare

4hero’s Mr Kirk's Nightmare (1990) appears on 2 of our lists — Drum and Bass and Dancing to Bad News, highest at No. 9 in Drum and Bass. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1990
- **Label:** Reinforced
- **On:** Drum and Bass and Dancing to Bad News
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [4hero](https://waxonia.com/artist/4hero/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/4hero--mr-kirks-nightmare/

## What 2 lists say

### No. 9 in [Drum and Bass](https://waxonia.com/genre/drum-and-bass/)

Predates the genre proper and contains its DNA anyway: a sampled police death notification over hardcore breaks. The dread that jungle inherited starts here.

### Picked by [Dancing to Bad News](https://waxonia.com/theme/dancing-to-bad-news/)

A sampled police officer telling a father his son is dead from an overdose, looped over hardcore breaks at a rave. The most brutal use of the manoeuvre anyone has attempted, and the reason jungle inherited dread along with the tempo.

## Listen

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