The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go" [From: "The Singles"]
WIKIPEDIA: "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by The Clash. It was written in 1981 and released as a 7" single, and was included on their album Combat Rock. This single, featuring Mick Jones on lead vocals, became the band's only song to reach number 1 on the charts, a decade after it was originally released.
The tune leans towards more of a retro punk rock sound than most of the other tracks on the album. Though many legends have arisen about what the song is about (one of which is Jones' impending dismissal from the Clash in 1983), it is actually about a rocky personal relationship between Jones and former Meat Loaf backup singer Ellen Foley that would soon implode. The lyrics seem to reflect ups and downs concerning the relationship and the dilemma of sticking with or ending it.
The Spanish backing vocals are courtesy of Joe Strummer:
"On the spur of the moment I said 'I'm going to do the backing vocals in Spanish,'...We needed a translator so Eddie Garcia, the tape operator, called his mother in Brooklyn Heights and read her the lyrics over the phone and she translated them. But Eddie and his mum are Ecuadorian, so it's Ecuadorian Spanish that me and Joe Ely are singing on the backing vocals." - Joe Strummer, 1991[citation needed]
In March of 1991, the band allowed the song to be used in a commercial for Levi's. The single was re-released and on the back of the commercial it made it to number 1 in the UK.
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" has been covered by many artists including Ice Cube and Mack 10, Error Type II, Living Colour, The Long Tall Texans, Spastic Vibrations, Guitar Wolf, Die Toten Hosen, Bai Bang, Super Green, The Picketts, and even Kylie Minogue. Mick Jones sampled the track for his Big Audio Dynamite II song "The Globe".
Jones has a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Code 46, singing "Should I Stay or Should I Go" in a karaoke club.
In November 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Should I Stay or Should I Go at #228 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The tune leans towards more of a retro punk rock sound than most of the other tracks on the album. Though many legends have arisen about what the song is about (one of which is Jones' impending dismissal from the Clash in 1983), it is actually about a rocky personal relationship between Jones and former Meat Loaf backup singer Ellen Foley that would soon implode. The lyrics seem to reflect ups and downs concerning the relationship and the dilemma of sticking with or ending it.
The Spanish backing vocals are courtesy of Joe Strummer:
"On the spur of the moment I said 'I'm going to do the backing vocals in Spanish,'...We needed a translator so Eddie Garcia, the tape operator, called his mother in Brooklyn Heights and read her the lyrics over the phone and she translated them. But Eddie and his mum are Ecuadorian, so it's Ecuadorian Spanish that me and Joe Ely are singing on the backing vocals." - Joe Strummer, 1991[citation needed]
In March of 1991, the band allowed the song to be used in a commercial for Levi's. The single was re-released and on the back of the commercial it made it to number 1 in the UK.
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" has been covered by many artists including Ice Cube and Mack 10, Error Type II, Living Colour, The Long Tall Texans, Spastic Vibrations, Guitar Wolf, Die Toten Hosen, Bai Bang, Super Green, The Picketts, and even Kylie Minogue. Mick Jones sampled the track for his Big Audio Dynamite II song "The Globe".
Jones has a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Code 46, singing "Should I Stay or Should I Go" in a karaoke club.
In November 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Should I Stay or Should I Go at #228 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Note: Sleeve above from the 1991 re-release.
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