"The Bottom Line" is a song by English alternative dance band Big Audio Dynamite, released as both a 7" and 12" single from their debut studio album, This Is Big Audio Dynamite (1985).

It was written, and produced by Mick Jones, his debut single with a band singing lead vocals since being fired from the Clash in 1983.

97 on the UK Singles Chart, it was a Top 40 hit in Australasia, peaking at No.

"[3] In 1990, "The Bottom Line" was remixed and used as the title track for the adventure comedy film, Flashback, starring Dennis Hopper and Kiefer Sutherland.

Chris Salewicz of Spin called it, "stirring and anthem-like, loaded with references to other musical forms, but with Jones's unerring sense of melody as its lifeblood.