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“Coma Girl” by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros

From the album Streetcore (2003)

“Coma Girl” by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros appears on 17 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2003 and 2025. It was first released in 2003 on the album Streetcore. Its best result is #60 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #460 alternative song of 2003 and #1,557 alternative song of all time.

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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Coma Girl

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"Coma Girl" charges out of Streetcore, the 2003 album from Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, with Strummer on lead vocals and electric guitar and a band that plays like it's got somewhere to be. Strummer wrote it with Scott Shields and Martin Slattery, who also arranged and produced it; Shields adds guitar and percussion, Slattery guitar and a bright, rolling organ, with Simon Stafford on bass and Luke Bullen on drums.

It's a big, open-hearted rocker, all ringing chords and gang-shout backing vocals from Shields, Slattery and Peter Stewart, with Strummer's rasp sounding more like a man having the time of his life than anyone's elder statesman. Cameron Craig recorded and mixed it and kept the whole thing loose and warm.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2003	60	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003	101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2003	1969	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	1956	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1888	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	292	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	307	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	167	WYEP	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade	913
2009	303	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2009	337	WYEP	WYEP 913 Essential Songs	913
2010	302	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	313	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	315	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2013	666	WXPN	WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013)	885
2014	320	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2022	961	WYEP	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022	603
2024	627	WXPN	WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024)	885
2025	423	WYEP	WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far)	714

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