Mad About Me / Legends " Mad About Me " was a song performed by Figrin D ' an and the Modal Nodes . One of their favorites , it was being played by them in Chalmun ' s Spaceport Cantina when Luke Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi entered to find passage off Tatooine in 0 BBY . Kenobi and Skywalker got into a fight with the patrons Ponda Baba and Cornelius Evazan shortly after arriving , interrupting the playing of the Modal Nodes , but when the fracas died down , they resumed the song . The Modal Nodes performed it again in Chalmun ' s later that year , during a broadcast by the Galactic Empire about life on Tatooine . The bartender Ackmena ' s own song , " Goodnight , But Not Goodbye , " shared many elements of its instrumentals with " Mad About Me . " Many years later , Reelo Baruk ' s bar on Nar Shaddaa kept the song playing as ambient music . Performances . " Mad About Me " was written at some point before 3643 BBY . The Toydarian junk dealer Watto often hummed the tune to himself in his shop in Mos Espa , on the planet Tatooine . By 0 BBY , the song had become a favorite of the Bith jizz band Figrin D ' an and the Modal Nodes . The tune , though fairly nondescript , was bouncy , and the Modal Nodes ' rendition of it was particularly upbeat . In 0 BBY , the Modal Nodes got a job as the regular band at Chalmun ' s Spaceport Cantina in Mos Eisley . 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 . Shortly after their performance began , Kenobi and Skywalker arrived ; upon entering , Skywalker was harassed by two of the patrons , Ponda Baba and Cornelius Evazan . As the situation turned violent , Kenobi brought out his lightsaber and cut off Baba ' s arm . 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 . Later that year , the Modal Nodes played a performance of " Mad About Me " for an interplanetary Imperial broadcast about life on Tatooine . They were once again interrupted , as the Empire announced that it was imposing a curfew on the Tatoo system , effective immediately . 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 . The following year , " Mad About Me " received a good deal of play in cantinas across Tatooine . In 12 ABY , a bar on Nar Shaddaa owned by Reelo Baruk had " Mad About Me " playing as ambient music . Behind the scenes . The cue titled " Cantina Band " was scored by John Williams for , released in 1977 . While it received its in - universe name , " Mad About Me , " from the short story " " in 1995 ' s " Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina " , it is named by its out - of - universe title " Cantina Band " on the film ' s many . 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 . Alongside its corresponding piece " Cantina Band # 2 , " it is one of only two such cues to appear in " A New Hope " . Filmmaker George Lucas initially proposed the inclusion of a - like piece in the film , along the lines of the music of jazz musician . As his inspiration , Lucas had the idea of beings in the far future trying to create their own version of Goodman ' s style of music . John Williams wrote " Cantina Band " with this as his basis , scoring it so the instruments sounded somewhat strange , but on the verge of familiarity . To produce the piece , Williams brought in nine musicians , a solo , two , a saxophonist who also played , a , a , another , various percussion instruments , and an for the bass . To give the instruments a more alien quality , the music was filtered so the bottom end of the sound was clipped , the lower end was attenuated , and a reverb was added to thin the instruments out . In 1977 , producer created an instrumental piece called " , " which combined the main theme of the films with " Cantina Band " in a disco style . It was released on the album " " , and on October 1 , 1977 , it hit number one on the , where it remained for two weeks . Like many " Star Wars " cues , " Cantina Band " has been used in a number of video game s — often as part of the soundtrack , as opposed to source music . In " " , it appears as part of a medley of unusual " Star Wars " tracks played during the " Assault " mode of the Mos Eisley level of the game ' s Instant Action feature . " " plays it on some levels when the player uses the Force on chairs , and its sequel " " uses " Cantina Band " as the background music in the Mos Eisley cantina . The short film " " plays it during a cantina scene of its own , reminiscent of the one in " A New Hope " . " " plays the piece over its opening LucasArts logo , while dozens of dancing stormtroopers form the logo . A short variation of the song , played in a quieter classical style , can be heard as part of the music played in and around the " Star Tours " attraction at Disney theme parks . The cue has made several appearances as source music , too . In " " , it is heard in a bar on Nar Shaddaa . This was a first for the Dark Forces saga , as earlier games " " and " " use the relatively rarer " Cantina Band # 2 " as their source music . " Star Wars Galaxies " features both ; the two " Cantina Band " pieces play on an infinite loop in all cantinas on Tatooine . Additionally , a variation of " Cantina Band , " known as " Starwars2 " in - game , is included as one of the playable songs of the " Entertainer " player class . In " " , a brief portion of the song is played whenever the player enters any cantina on any planet . " " and its play the song as ambient music when the game ' s camera is moved near a cantina structure on land maps . " The Star Wars Holiday Special " uses the song in its cantina scene as well ; it additionally introduces a version of the piece with lyrics , titled " Goodnight , But Not Goodbye " and sung by Bea Arthur . In the DVD releases of " The Phantom Menace " , " Attack of the Clones " and " Star Wars Trilogy " , the song is used as background music for an Easter egg which plays a blooper reel along with DVD credits .