Song · The Clash
“Car Jamming” by The Clash
From the album Combat Rock (1982)
“Car Jamming” by The Clash appears on 13 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1982 on the album Combat Rock. Its best result is #883 on the CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,713 alternative song of all time.
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Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer share the writing credit on "Car Jamming", a track from Combat Rock, the Clash's fifth album, which CBS released on 14 May 1982. Glyn Johns mixed it. The band had called him in when they couldn't agree on where the record should go, and he steered it toward a sound friendlier to radio, with the funk and reggae of the earlier albums still in its blood and its lyrics fixed on Vietnam, postcolonialism, America's decline and authoritarian power.
Finishing the album was a slog full of feuding between Jones and Strummer. Topper Headon, drifting away as his heroin addiction worsened, was fired days before release, and Jones was out after the tour in 1983, so this is the last record by the classic lineup.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 883 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 934 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 934 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 934 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1027 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 982 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2007 | 1317 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1255 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1276 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1314 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1368 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1428 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1485 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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