Song · The Clash
“Remote Control” by The Clash
From the album The Clash (1977)
“Remote Control” by The Clash appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1977 on the album The Clash. Its best result is #1272 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,855 alternative song of all time.
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"Remote Control" sits on the Clash's 1977 debut album, and it's the sound of a band that had just been kicked around by the whole establishment. Mick Jones wrote it (Joe Strummer shares the credit) after the wreck of the Anarchy Tour, and he fires at everyone who'd had a hand in it: the civic hall jobsworths who cancelled the gigs, the police, big business, the old-boy peerage set, hapless politicians and, most of all, the record companies. Its jab at a Mayfair meeting is taken to mean the EMI shareholders' gathering of December 1976 that pulled the plug on the tour.
Mickey Foote produced, and the whole thing bristles with jerky, chanted contempt. The irony bit hard: CBS put it out as a single without asking the band, and the Clash all but disowned it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1287 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1288 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1288 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1287 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1272 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1272 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1273 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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