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"This Is Radio Clash" 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.〔(Discogs - ''The Tomorrow Show'' 7-inch vinyl bootleg )〕 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''. "This Is Radio Clash", like the previous single "The Magnificent Seven", 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 - "it 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." The 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''. ==7-inch release== The 7-inch single also contains a B-side titled simply "Radio Clash." It is the same recording as the A-side, but with additional verses to the lyrics and a different remix. The Clash stated at the time that they intended the songs to be heard as a single entity. These two tracks are variations on the same recording and have exactly the same length. "This Is Radio Clash" begins with the lyric: "''This is Radio Clash on pirate satellite And "Radio Clash" begins with: "''This is Radio Clash resuming all transmissions The similarities of the A and B-side recordings has led to much confusion not only by fans but also by the record company. On the remastered version of the ''Super Black Market Clash'' CD, the B-side "Radio Clash" is included, but incorrectly listed as "This Is Radio Clash". The same error was repeated on the US version of the 2003 collection ''The Essential Clash''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「This Is Radio Clash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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