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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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  • This Is Radio Clash
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  • Compact Cassette
  • 12-inch single
  • Single (music)
has language
  • eng
Subject
  • 1981 singles
  • The Clash songs
  • Dance-punk songs
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  • %22This Is Radio Clash%22 is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash. The 1981 single was issued in 7-inch format and also in 12-inch format and cassette tape with additional tracks. The first public performance of the song was on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show on the 5th of June 1981.The song is not featured on any of Clash's original studio albums, but is included in the their compilations: The Singles, The Story of the Clash, Volume 1, Singles Box, The Singles (2007) and Clash on Broadway. %22This Is Radio Clash%22, like the previous single %22The Magnificent Seven%22, is a dub reggae, rap, punk-funk song that was influenced by old school hip hop acts from New York City, like the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five.American critic Eric Schafer said this of the song - %22it is a magnificent, daring, challenging record that was years ahead of its time; one of the great rock records of the 1980s, it has never been given its just credit. Twenty-eight years after its debut, were it released today it would still burn up the radio.%22The song is included on the experimental compilation album called Disco Not Disco 2 (2002) as well as the radio soundtrack in Battlefield Hardline. The Urge covered the song for the tribute album Burning London.
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  • The Clash
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