| "Rock the Casbah" | ||||
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 Picture sleeve for original 1982 single release | ||||
| Single by The Clash | ||||
| from the album Combat Rock | ||||
| B-side | "Long Time Jerk" | |||
| Released | 11 June 1982 | |||
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| Length | 3:42 6:35 (extended version) | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Topper Headon, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones | |||
| Producer(s) | The Clash | |||
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The Clash "Rock the Casbah" (1982) | ||||
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"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, Combat Rock. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US (their only top 10 single in that country) and, along with the track "Mustapha Dance", it also reached number eight on the dance chart.[4]
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Clash – Combat Rock". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
the infectious, dance-inflected new wave pop of "Rock the Casbah"
- ^ Keefe, Michael (15 June 2010). "Combat Rock (CD) – The Clash". Amoeba Music. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
ragga-tinged new wave anthem "Rock the Casbah"
- ^ "12 of the Most Underrated Punk Songs of All-Time". GIANT. 4 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 59.