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“White Riot” by The Clash

From the album The Clash (1977)

“White Riot” by The Clash appears on 18 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1977 and 2012. It was first released in 1977 on the album The Clash. Its best result is #15 on the John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1978). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #27 alternative song of 1977, #1,191 alternative song of all time and #27 of the '70s.

18countdowns
4stations
#15best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1977–2012years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1977 27 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Forgotten Fifty of 1977 61

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1978 15 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1978) 50
1979 26 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1979) 50
1980 48 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1980) 50
1999 672 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 673 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 636 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 636 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1134 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 636 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 732 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 636 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 636 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1943 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1917 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1950 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 2005 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2012 235 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885

Charting alongside it in 1977

Best songs of 1977 →
  1. 1Dancing the Night AwayMotors
  2. 2Uptown Top RankingAlthea & Donna
  3. 3You Beat The Hell Out of MeMotors
  4. 4I Can't Stand My BabyRezillos
  5. 5Suspended SentenceJohn Cooper Clarke
  6. 6SmokescreenDesperate Bicycles