Song · The Clash
“Death Or Glory” by The Clash
From the album London Calling (1979)
“Death Or Glory” by The Clash appears on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1989 and 2013. It was first released in 1979 on the album London Calling. Its best result is #221 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,143 alternative song of all time.
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"Death or Glory" comes from London Calling, the Clash's third album, out on CBS in December 1979, and it's one of the record's sharpest knives. Joe Strummer and Mick Jones wrote it and Strummer sings it, and its target is the generation of rock stars before them, the ones who vowed they'd rather die than grow old.
Guy Stevens produced, with Bill Price engineering, and the band plays it like they mean to outlast the lot: Strummer and Jones on guitars, Paul Simonon on bass, Topper Headon on drums and percussion. It later turned up in the video games Skate It and Skate 2.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 221 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 2007 | 1840 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2007 | 528 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2008 | 1788 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1807 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1852 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1931 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2012 | 768 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2013 | 1994 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
Also listed as: Death or Glory.
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