“Radio Clash” by The Clash

The Clash released "This Is Radio Clash" on 20 November 1981, in between "The Magnificent Seven" and "Know Your Rights", and it drove them further into rap rock and funk, a blend that had already worked for them in the American market. All four of them, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon, share the writing credit, and the song casts the band as a pirate broadcaster beaming its anti-authoritarian politics across the airwaves.

The critics split. Those who wanted the Clash back on their anarchic punk roots were let down, while others praised how experimental it was and the band's trademark political bite. The flip side, titled simply "Radio Clash", is a remix of the same track with extra lyrics and the exact same running time, and at the time the band said the two were meant to be heard as one.

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