Clampdown
The Clash’s 1979 recording of “Clampdown” is the earliest release on file. Mick Jones and Joe Strummer of The Clash are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (released 2014), Metallica (released 2016) and Indigo Girls (released 1999), among 113 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album London Calling (1979).
Strummer and Jones's song ended up on a list that runs from the Indigo Girls to Springsteen to Metallica, which tells you how wide it reaches. Play Metallica's, then drop the needle back on The Clash and hear what everybody was chasing.
Credited writers: Mick Jones and Joe Strummer.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1979.
On the album London Calling (1979).
- Indigo Girls1999
- Hot Water Music1999
- The Sinisters1999
- The National2003
- Poster Children2004
- Urban Surf Kings2004
- Idde Schultz & Joppe Pihlgren2005
- Chuck Prophet and the Spanish Bombs2011
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band2014
- Metallica2016
113 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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