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“This Is Radio Clash” is a single released by the English punk rock band The Clash in 1981. While it wasn’t released on any of their studio albums, it was included in the track listing of their compilations: The Singles, The Story of the Clash, Volume 1, Singles Box, The Singles (2007) and Clash on Broadway.

“This Is Radio Clash”, like their previous single “The Magnificent Seven”, is a dub reggae, rap, punk-funk song that was influenced by old school hip hop acts from New York City, like the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five.

American critic Eric Schafer cites “This is Radio Clash”/”Radio Clash” as the first ever British hip hop song and notes, “It is a magnificent, daring, challenging record that was years ahead of its time; one of the great rock records of the 1980s, it has never been given its just credit. Twenty-eight years after its debut, were it released today it would still burn up the radio.”

The first public performance of the song was on Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow show in 1981.

The B-side of the “This Is Radio Clash” single is titled simply “Radio Clash.” It is the same recording as the A-side, but with a different remix and changes to the lyrics. The theme of the lyrics is the same, yet the actual lyrics are in fact different. The Clash stated at the time that they intended the songs to be heard as a single entity. However, the two tracks are really variations on the same 4 minute recording and have exactly the same length. Some fans concluded that the two tracks are edits of a longer 8 minute recording, but this is incorrect.
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  • The Singles
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  • The Essential Clash
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  • Super Black Market Clash
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  • The Ultimate Collection
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  • PrettyStar

    another one bites the dust

    25 days ago

  • memekiwii

    My FAVORITE Clash Song !!!!

    26 days ago

  • valplayer

    tres bon titre

    February 2012

  • Kari420

    Cashing in the Bill of Rights lol great lyrics/great song

    August 2011

  • straysongs

    'The Only Band That Matters'

    July 2011

  • prominence_la

    So damn funky. Crank dat sax.

    May 2011

  • john_dillenger

    bunch of posers

    February 2011

  • bingbongbilly

    Love it!

    July 2010

  • the_red_shoes

    This and "Know Your Rights" were the first Clash songs I ever heard, I think.

    February 2010

  • Lostrita

    Please save us not the whales!

    February 2010

  • needmymusictoda

    yeah! yeah!

    January 2010

  • Braveshell

    Ace!

    December 2009

  • mgpixlab

    Interrupting ALL programmes!

    December 2009

  • danny_g

    :-)

    November 2009

  • reynakat

    Radio Clash Roxxs!!!

    November 2009

  • goodnightladies

    the maniacal laugh is the best part.

    October 2009

  • OliverTho

    +++

    September 2009

  • memekiwii

    my all time favorite Clash song..LOVE IT!

    August 2009

  • drejr1977

    Has anybody seen the old Tom Snyder 'Tommorow Show' performance of this song from '81? Fucking intense!!!!!

    August 2009

  • coconutghosts

    my eyes. they turn into hearts. for this song. ♥_♥

    August 2009
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