Song · The Clash
“The Street Parade” by The Clash
From the album Sandinista! (1980)
“The Street Parade” by The Clash appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1980 on the album Sandinista!. Its best result is #1855 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,135 alternative song of all time.
The Clash tucked "The Street Parade" into the sprawl of Sandinista!, the triple album they put out on 12 December 1980: 36 tracks, six to a side, careening through funk, reggae, dub, gospel, jazz, calypso, rockabilly and rap. Joe Strummer sings lead, and the band produced it themselves.
The writing credit is split four ways, between Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon, and that was new: Sandinista! was the first Clash record to credit the songs to the whole group rather than to Strummer and Jones. To keep a three-record set cheap, they swallowed a cut in their own royalties. It became their lowest-charting album at home, and critics grumbled about the sheer size of it, but The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop poll still crowned it the album of the year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1855 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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