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An Entity of Type : wsb:Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • Hitsville UK
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  • Single (music)
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  • 1980 songs
  • 1981 singles
  • The Clash songs
  • Vocal duets
  • CBS Records singles
  • Post-punk songs
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  • %22Hitsville U.K.%22 is a song by The Clash and the second off their fourth album Sandinista!. A duet between lead guitarist Mick Jones and his then-girlfriend Ellen Foley, it's the 13th single release by The Clash.The lyrics refer to the emerging indie scene in British music in the late '70s and early '80s, which is held in contrast to the %22mutants, creeps and musclemen%22 of the major labels with their %22expense accounts%22 and %22lunch discounts%22, making %22AOR%22 and using %22chart-hyping%22 to sell their records. References are made to a number of UK independent labels (Small Wonder, Rough Trade, Fast Product and Factory).The song's title is a nod to Motown Records, which used the moniker %22Hitsville U.S.A.%22 in its advertising and to refer to the label's first headquarters in Detroit.The original UK release had %22Radio One%22 by Mikey Dread as the B-side. A second issue released later in 1981 in the U.S. (catalog number 51013) replaced %22Radio One%22 with %22Police on My Back%22 as the B-side.Like all other Clash singles, the song is also available in the 1991 compilation The Singles.American indie band Joy Zipper covered %22Hitsville U.K.%22 for the Uncut magazine cover disc White Riot Volume Two: A Tribute to The Clash in 2003.
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  • The Clash
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  • GBARL1200724
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  • The Clash
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  • 2
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  • 551861
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  • english
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  • Columbia Records
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  • 1980
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  • Hitsville UK
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