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1London Calling (2012 mix)
recording of:
London Calling
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
publisher:
Nineden Ltd., Nineden Music and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
3:19
2Safe European Home
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Safe European Home
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
3:49
3Know Your Rights
mixer:
Glyn Johns
part of:
Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 2)
recording of:
Know Your Rights
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
3:40
4(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
producer:
The Clash
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 340) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 430)
recording of:
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
4:00
5Janie Jones
producer:
Mickey Foote
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Janie Jones
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
2:05
6The Guns of Brixton
engineer:
Bill Price
producer:
Guy Stevens
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Topper Headon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar:
Mick Jones (from 1979-01 until 1979-03) and Joe Strummer (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (in 1979)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London, England, United Kingdom (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
recording of:
The Guns of Brixton (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simonon
publisher:
Nineden Ltd.
is based on:
Paul’s Tune
3:09
7Train in Vain (Stand by Me)
engineer:
Bill Price
producer:
Guy Stevens
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Topper Headon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar family:
Mick Jones (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (in 1979)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London, England, United Kingdom (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 213) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 292)
recording of:
Train in Vain (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
3:09
8Bankrobber
producer:
Mikey Dread
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Bankrobber
additional lyricist:
Half Pint
lyricist, writer and composer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
4:34
9Wrong 'Em Boyo
engineer:
Bill Price
producer:
Guy Stevens
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Topper Headon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar:
Joe Strummer (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar family:
Mick Jones (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (in 1979)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London, England, United Kingdom (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
cover recording of:
Wrong ’Em Boyo (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
lyricist and composer:
Clive Alphanso
3:10
10The Magnificent Seven
producer:
The Clash
lead vocals:
Joe Strummer
recording of:
The Magnificent Seven
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
publisher:
Nineden Ltd.
5:32
11Police On My Back
producer:
The Clash
lead vocals:
Mick Jones
cover recording of:
Police on My Back
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Grant
publisher:
Edward Kassner Music Co. Ltd.
3:15
12Rock the Casbah (Bob Clearmountain mix)
engineer:
Bob Clearmountain
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
electric bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
electric guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
background vocals:
Joe Strummer
lead vocals:
Mick Jones
recording of:
Rock the Casbah
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
3:42
13Career Opportunities
producer:
Mickey Foote
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Career Opportunities
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
1:53
14Police & Thieves
producer:
Mickey Foote
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
cover recording of:
Police and Thieves
writer:
Junior Murvin and Lee “Scratch” Perry
5:59
15Somebody Got Murdered
producer:
The Clash
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
lead vocals:
Mick Jones
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (in 1980)
recording of:
Somebody Got Murdered
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
arranger:
The Clash
publisher:
Nineden Ltd.
3:34
16Brand New Cadillac
engineer:
Bill Price
producer:
Mick Jones and Guy Stevens
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Topper Headon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar:
Joe Strummer (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar family:
Mick Jones (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (in 1979)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London, England, United Kingdom (from 1979-01 until 1979-03) and 中野サンプラザ in Nakano, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan (on 1982-02-01)
cover recording of:
Brand New Cadillac (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
lyricist and composer:
Vince Taylor
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
2:08
17Clampdown
engineer:
Bill Price
producer:
Guy Stevens
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Topper Headon (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
guitar:
Mick Jones (from 1979-01 until 1979-03) and Joe Strummer (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (in 1979)
recorded at:
Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London, England, United Kingdom (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
recording of:
Clampdown (from 1979-01 until 1979-03)
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
is based on:
Working and Waiting
3:50
18Ghetto Defendant
mixer:
Glyn Johns
guest spoken vocals:
Allen Ginsberg
recording of:
Ghetto Defendant
writer:
Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
4:42
19Armagideon Time
producer:
The Clash
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
cover recording of:
Armagideon Time
writer:
Willi Williams
composer:
Clement “Coxsone” Dodd
is based on:
Real Rock (riddim)
3:51
20Stay Free
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Stay Free
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
3:38
21I Fought the Law
producer:
The Clash and Bill Price
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon (on 1978-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon (on 1978-12-28)
electric guitar:
Mick Jones (on 1978-12-28) and Joe Strummer (on 1978-12-28)
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
background vocals:
Mick Jones (on 1978-12-28) and Paul Simonon (on 1978-12-28)
lead vocals:
Joe Strummer (on 1978-12-28)
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
recorded at:
Lyceum Theatre in London, England, United Kingdom (on 1978-12-28)
part of:
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 33) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 266)
live cover recording of:
I Fought the Law (on 1978-12-28)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Curtis
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
2:43
22Straight to Hell
mixer:
Glyn Johns
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Straight to Hell
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
5:28
23Should I Stay or Should I Go
engineer:
Bob Clearmountain
producer:
Guy Stevens
mixer:
Glyn Johns
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
guest vocals:
Joe Ely
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
remixer:
Mick Jones
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (in 1982)
part of:
VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (number: 42), Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 183) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 228)
recording of:
Should I Stay or Should I Go
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
publisher:
Nineden Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing GmbH
3:08
24Garageland
producer:
Mickey Foote
recording of:
Garageland
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
3:14
25White Riot
recording of:
White Riot
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
2:13
26Complete Control
producer:
Mickey Foote and Lee Perry
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 362)
recording of:
Complete Control
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
3:12
27Clash City Rockers
recording of:
Clash City Rockers
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
3:56
28Tommy Gun
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
recording of:
Tommy Gun
writer:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
3:14
29English Civil War
recording engineer and mixer:
Corky Stasiak
producer:
Sandy Pearlman
bass guitar:
Paul Simonon
drums (drum set):
Topper Headon
guitar:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
vocals:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
arranger:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
recording of:
English Civil War (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
writer:
[traditional] and The Clash
arranger:
Mick Jones and Joe Strummer
is based on:
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (trad.)
2:35
30The Call Up
producer:
The Clash
lead vocals:
Joe Strummer
recording of:
The Call Up
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
5:25
31Hitsville U.K.
producer:
The Clash
lead vocals:
Ellen Foley and Mick Jones
recording of:
Hitsville U.K.
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
4:20
32This is Radio Clash
producer:
The Clash
recording of:
Radio Clash
writer:
Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
4:12