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| artist = [[The Clash]] |
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| album = [[Sandinista!]] |
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| B-side = [[Radio One (song)|Radio One]] |
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| released = 16 January 1981 |
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| format = [[Single (music)|7" single]] |
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| recorded = 1980 |
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| Label = [[Columbia Records|CBS]] |
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| genre = [[Post-punk]], [[Pop-punk]] |
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| length = 4:21 |
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| label = [[Columbia Records|CBS]] |
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| writer = [[The Clash]] |
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"'''Hitsville U.K.'''" is a song by [[The Clash]] and the second off their fourth album ''[[Sandinista!]]''. A [[duet]] between lead guitarist [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]] and his then-girlfriend [[Ellen Foley]], it's the 13th [[Single (music)|single]] release by The Clash. |
"'''Hitsville U.K.'''" is a song by [[The Clash]] and the second off their fourth album ''[[Sandinista!]]''. A [[duet]] between lead guitarist [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]] and his then-girlfriend [[Ellen Foley]], it's the 13th [[Single (music)|single]] release by The Clash. |
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| "Hitsville U.K." | ||||
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| Single by The Clash | ||||
| from the album Sandinista! | ||||
| B-side | "Radio One" | |||
| Released | 16 January 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, Pop-punk | |||
| Length | 4:21 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Songwriter(s) | The Clash | |||
| Producer(s) | The Clash | |||
| The Clash singles chronology | ||||
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"Hitsville U.K." 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 1970s and early 1980s, which is held in contrast to the "mutants, creeps and musclemen" of the major labels with their "expense accounts" and "lunch discounts", making "AOR" and using "chart-hyping" 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 "Hitsville U.S.A." in its advertising and to refer to the label's first headquarters in Detroit.
The original UK release had "Radio One" by Mikey Dread as the B-side. A second issue released later in 1981 in the U.S. (catalog number 51013) replaced "Radio One" with "Police on My Back" as the B-side.[1]
Like all other Clash singles, the song is also available in the 1991 compilation The Singles.
American indie band Joy Zipper covered "Hitsville U.K." for the Uncut magazine cover disc White Riot Volume Two: A Tribute to The Clash in 2003.
Personnel
- Ellen Foley – lead vocals, percussion
- Mick Jones – lead vocal, pianos, keyboards
- Joe Strummer – guitar
- Norman Watt-Roy – bass guitar
- Topper Headon – drums, percussion
Charts
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References
- ^ "The Clash discography". TheClash.com. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
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