A 1979 single by The Clash, a post-punk track addressing nuclear anxiety and the Three Mile Island accident, with a Morse-code "SOS" guitar coda.
Composition
London Calling was written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones during a period of public anxiety following the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in March 1979. The title phrase refers to the BBC World Service’s wartime broadcasting identification.
Recording
The track was produced by Guy Stevens at Wessex Studios in late 1979. The song’s closing guitar pattern, played by Jones, spells out the letters “SOS” in Morse code.
Reception
The single reached number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. The album of the same name was named the best album of the 1980s by Rolling Stone magazine in 1989 even though it was released in December 1979 in the UK and 1980 in the United States.
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