Song · The Clash
“The Call Up” by The Clash
From the album Sandinista! (1980)
“The Call Up” by The Clash appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1980 on the album Sandinista!. Its best result is #336 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,338 alternative song of all time.
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The Clash opened the Sandinista! era with "The Call Up", put out as a single in November 1980, ahead of the fourth album it came from, with "Stop the World" on the flip. The band produced it themselves, Joe Strummer takes the lead vocal, and the writing credit goes to all four of them: Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon.
America got it the following year, when Epic reissued it as a seven-inch in a new sleeve and swapped in "The Cool Out" on the B-side, a dub of the A-side turned inside out. The song went on to land on both The Clash on Broadway and The Singles.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1927 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 336 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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