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“I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.” by The Clash

From the album The Clash (1977)

“I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.” by The Clash appears on 18 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1999 and 2022. It was first released in 1977 on the album The Clash. Its best result is #338 on the CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,218 alternative song of all time.

18countdowns

4stations

#338best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1999–2022years charted

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"I'm So Bored With The U.S.A." is a gob of spit from the Clash's self-titled 1977 debut, produced by Mickey Foote, and it started life as something else entirely. Mick Jones had a song called "I'm So Bored with You", reportedly about his girlfriend of the day, the same woman behind "Deny". When he played it for Joe Strummer at their first meeting in the Davies Road squat, Strummer misheard the title, and a sulky love song turned into a sneer aimed across the Atlantic.

Early live tapes still carry the old words, but by the Roundhouse show in September 1976 the new title had stuck. Jones wrote the music, Strummer the lyrics, and the result is pure punk sloganeering, bored and furious at once, a protest song that spits more than it preaches.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,218 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	338	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	340	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	343	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2001	492	WFPK	WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time	2000
2002	343	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	1381	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	343	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2003	860	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)	2044
2004	343	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	344	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	1669	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1624	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1640	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1679	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1747	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1780	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1830	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2022	855	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s	908

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