Canadian single certifications – Clash – London Calling". Music Canada . Retrieved 23 January 2021.

London Calling" was the first Clash song to chart elsewhere in the world, reaching the top 40 in Australia. The success of the single and album was greatly helped by the music video shot by Don Letts showing the band playing the song on a boat (Festival Pier), next to Albert Bridge on the south side of the Thames, Battersea Park in a cold and rainy night at the beginning of December 1979. [12] [13] The line "London is drowning / And I live by the river" comes from concerns that if the River Thames flooded, most of central London would drown, something that led to the construction of the Thames Barrier. [1] [6] Strummer's concern for police brutality is evident through the lines "We ain't got no swing / Except for the ring of that truncheon thing" as the Metropolitan Police at the time had a truncheon as standard issued equipment. Social criticism also features through references to the effects of casual drug taking: "We ain't got no high / Except for that one with the yellowy eyes". [ original research?] London Calling" was released as the only single from the album in the UK and reached No.11 in the charts in January 1980, [5] becoming at once the band's highest-charting single until " Should I Stay or Should I Go" hit No.1 ten years later. The song did not make the U.S. charts, as " Train in Vain" was released as a single and broke the band in the United States, reaching No.23 on the pop charts.

The band’s third studio album was issued in December 1979 and this campaign recognises this 40th anniversary in tandem with a new exhibition on The Clash and the album being held at the Museum of London later this year. There is no bonus audio at all in these new reissues, so what exactly are we getting…

a b c d Guarisco, Donald A. "London Calling - The Clash - Song Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 15 January 2008.London Calling', Repurposed as a Tourism Jingle: The Record". NPR. 30 July 2011 . Retrieved 12 November 2012. a) "Taken from the Clash's stunning 1979 double album London Calling, the single showcased the band's trademark fusion of reggae bass lines with punk guitar and vocals." Hearing audio snippets of the other songs from London Calling really turned me off at first. Joe Strummer's vocal style did not sound like my cup at tea at first. I never ever thought that I would give this band a chance. Like a lot of bands that I am ignorant of, this is another one of those bands that I would unexpectedly love naturally upon the first listen.

Walker, Rob (15 September 2002). "Brand new Jag". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 4 October 2002 . Retrieved 31 December 2007. Italian single certifications – Clash – London Calling" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 2 December 2020. Select "2018" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "London Calling" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".London Calling" was recorded at Wessex Studios located in a former church hall in Highbury in North London. This studio had already proved to be a popular location with the Sex Pistols, the Pretenders and the Tom Robinson band. The single was produced by Guy Stevens and engineered by Bill Price. [4] [6] Personnel [ edit ] "London Calling" [ edit ] a b "BBC - Radio 2 - Sold On Song - Brits25 - London Calling" (SHTML). Radio 2, Sold On Song. bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 31 December 2007. There is a 2LP vinyl edition which comes in a special clear slip case printed with Ray Lowry’s artwork, which slides off to reveal the Pennie Smith photo below. There’s also a two-CD edition with the same ‘slipcase’ sleeve, that actually came out a couple of weeks ago. British single certifications – Clash – London Calling". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 4 February 2022. In 2007, the 1979 recording of "London Calling" by The Clash on Epic Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [20] Notable appearances and covers [ edit ]

The song fades out with a Morse code signal spelling S-O-S, [9] reiterating the earlier urgent sense of emergency, and further alluding to drowning in the river. The Clash - "London Calling" (Singles Going Steady Classic)". PopMatters. 15 April 2016 . Retrieved 25 February 2020. The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". RollingStone. 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 15 August 2006 . Retrieved 22 November 2007. 15. London Calling, The Clash . Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Clash gave permission to a Ukrainian punk band named Beton to rewrite the song as an anti-invasion anthem and charity fund-raiser titled "Kyiv Calling". [25] Charts [ edit ] Rel. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.The single fell off the charts after 10 weeks, but later re-entered the chart twice, spending a total of 15 non-consecutive weeks on the UK Singles Chart. Joe Strummer later became a DJ for the BBC World Service, on a programme called "Joe Strummer's London Calling". [24] The song was also used for a 2012 British Airways advertisement, picturing a jet aeroplane taxiing through the streets of London passing numerous landmarks and parking outside the Olympic Stadium. [23]