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About This Track
“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.
“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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Shouts
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Kari420 wrote:
Cashing in the Bill of Rights lol great lyrics/great song
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straysongs wrote:
'The Only Band That Matters'
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prominence_la wrote:
So damn funky. Crank dat sax.
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john_dillenger wrote:
bunch of posers
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bingbongbilly wrote:
Love it!
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the_red_shoes wrote:
This and "Know Your Rights" were the first Clash songs I ever heard, I think.
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Lostrita wrote:
Please save us not the whales!
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needmymusictoda wrote:
yeah! yeah!
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Braveshell wrote:
Ace!
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mgpixlab wrote:
Interrupting ALL programmes!
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danny_g wrote:
:-)
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reynakat wrote:
Radio Clash Roxxs!!!
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goodnightladies wrote:
the maniacal laugh is the best part.
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OliverTho wrote:
+++
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memekiwii wrote:
my all time favorite Clash song..LOVE IT!
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drejr1977 wrote:
Has anybody seen the old Tom Snyder 'Tommorow Show' performance of this song from '81? Fucking intense!!!!!
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coconutghosts wrote:
my eyes. they turn into hearts. for this song. ♥_♥
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Melde1 wrote:
I think my avatar says it all. ;)
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NOCHECALIENTE wrote:
Excelent bass ...carry on the seven bells...
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CrioKnight wrote:
It makes my butt shake. We miss you Joe.
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