It was released as a single from the band's 1979 double album London Calling. The title alludes to the BBC World Service's station identification: "This is London calling …", that was used during World War II, often in broadcasts to occupied countries.The lyrics reflect the concern felt by Strummer about world events with the reference to "a nuclear error" to the incident at Three Mile Island, which occurred earlier in 1979. "London Calling" was the first Clash song to chart elsewhere in the world, reaching the top 40 in Australia. Loading player… 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.

London Calling est unu album de sa banda inglesa The Clash, pubblicadu in su 1979. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Don't want to see ads? Time zone: Audioscrobbler Like many of the tracks on London Calling — including "The Card Cheat", "Revolution Rock", and "Jimmy Jazz" — the song doesn't end by resolving strongly to the tonic or fading out, as most rock and roll songs do.

Four are from 1979 (catalogue number: 8087; S CBS 8087; 128087; S CBS 8087). 3 It was erroneously listed as being released in 1982, when it was fact released in 1979.The Clash turned down a request from British Telecom to use the song for an advertising campaign in the early 1990s.The song was used for a 2012 Joe Strummer later became a The song has also been adopted by English football club London Calling er det tredje studiealbum af det britiske punk-rock band The Clash.Albummet blev udgivet i Storbritannien den 14. december 1979 på CBS Records og i USA i januar 1980 på Epic Records. This studio had already proved to be a popular location with The Sex Pistols, The Pretenders and the Tom Robinson band. 42 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the '80s". This apocalyptic, politically charged rant features the band's famous combination of reggae basslines and punk electric guitar and vocals.Writing and recordingThe song was written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones. In 1988, a special limited edition boxed set was released, containing three tracks, "London Calling" on side one, "In 2012, on the occasion of the International Record Store Day, a limited edition 7" was released, with a new mix of the song by Mick Jones, and an instrumental version on the B-side.