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| - Should I Stay Or Should I Go is a song by The Clash Mick Jones sings the words in English, and Joe Strummer echoes with Spanish lyrics. Strummer decided to sing the backing vocals in Spanish on the spur of the moment along with Texan country rocker Joe Ely. However he needed someone to do the translation so Eddie Garcia, the sound engineer, called his mother in Brooklyn Heights and got her to translate them over the phone. Eddie's mother is Ecuadorian, so Joe Strummer and Joe Ely ended up singing in Ecuadorian Spanish. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England and Rainyhouse - Spanish Fork, UT)
- "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, from their album Combat Rock. It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on Rolling Stones "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In 2009 it was ranked 42nd on VH1's program 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.
- "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, from their album Combat Rock. It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on Rolling Stones "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In 2009 it was ranked 42nd on VH1's program 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. The Spanish backing vocals were sung by Joe Strummer and Joe Ely:
- First Release: Combat Rock (CBS Records, 14/5/1982) Length: 3:09 Vocals: Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Joe Ely
* A live recording of this song is included on the albums Live: From Here to Eternity and Rockers Galore.
* Released as a "double A side" with Straight to Hell.
* The 7" single included a free sticker, whilst the 12" included a metal stencil of the 12" cover artwork.
* 7" artwork is a Should I Stay or Should I Go themed picture of Ronald Reagan, whilst the 12" sleeve has the Straight to Hell artwork.
* Also released as a 7" picture disc, catalogue number S CBS A11 2646.
* Rat Patrol mix features far more Spanish vocals from Joe Strummer, the way the song was initially performed live (such as the appearance on Saturday Night Live).
* Mick Jones: "It wasn't pr
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| - First Release: Combat Rock (CBS Records, 14/5/1982) Length: 3:09 Vocals: Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Joe Ely
* A live recording of this song is included on the albums Live: From Here to Eternity and Rockers Galore.
* Released as a "double A side" with Straight to Hell.
* The 7" single included a free sticker, whilst the 12" included a metal stencil of the 12" cover artwork.
* 7" artwork is a Should I Stay or Should I Go themed picture of Ronald Reagan, whilst the 12" sleeve has the Straight to Hell artwork.
* Also released as a 7" picture disc, catalogue number S CBS A11 2646.
* Rat Patrol mix features far more Spanish vocals from Joe Strummer, the way the song was initially performed live (such as the appearance on Saturday Night Live).
* Mick Jones: "It wasn't preempting my leaving the Clash. It was just a good rocking song."
* Joe Ely: "When you listen to 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' there's a place in the song where Mick says "Split!" Me and Strummer had been yelling out the Spanish background lyrics and we had snuck up behind him as he was recording. We were behind a curtain, jumped out at him in the middle of singing and scared the shit out of him. He looks over and gives us the dirtiest look and says "Split!" They kept that in the final version."
- "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, from their album Combat Rock. It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on Rolling Stones "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In 2009 it was ranked 42nd on VH1's program 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. Many rumours have arisen about the song's content, such as Jones' impending dismissal from The Clash or the rocky personal relationship between Jones and singer Ellen Foley, but Jones himself says, "It wasn't about anybody specific and it wasn't pre-empting my leaving The Clash. It was just a good rockin' song, our attempt at writing a classic... When we were just playing, that was the kind of thing we used to like to play. -Mick Jones, 1991". The Spanish backing vocals were sung by Joe Strummer and Joe Ely: 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
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go is a song by The Clash Mick Jones sings the words in English, and Joe Strummer echoes with Spanish lyrics. Strummer decided to sing the backing vocals in Spanish on the spur of the moment along with Texan country rocker Joe Ely. However he needed someone to do the translation so Eddie Garcia, the sound engineer, called his mother in Brooklyn Heights and got her to translate them over the phone. Eddie's mother is Ecuadorian, so Joe Strummer and Joe Ely ended up singing in Ecuadorian Spanish. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England and Rainyhouse - Spanish Fork, UT) This was re-released as a single in February 1991 after it was used in a Levi's jeans television ad. It went to #1 in the UK, but didn't chart in the US. The line, "If you want me off your back" was originally "On your front or round the back." They decided to change it just before the album was release, but it was too late to make changes to the packaging, so some early copies showed the early lyric. This last minute change created a lot of friction between Mick Jones and Joe Strummer, and may have been the start of the demise of the band. It says in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs, "The hell-bent chorus hints at the end: At the time, none of us were really talking to each other, said Paul Simonon. The original four were soon no more." Mick Jones in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh said, "Should I Stay Or Should I Go? wasn't about anything specific and it wasn't pre-empting my leaving The Clash. It was just a good rocking song, our attempt at writing a classic." (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for above 2) In a 2009 Rolling Stone article on The Clash, they state that Jones wrote this song about his girlfriend Ellen Foley, who acted on the TV series Night Court and sang with Meat Loaf on "Paradise By the Dashboard Light."
- "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, from their album Combat Rock. It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on Rolling Stones "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In 2009 it was ranked 42nd on VH1's program 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. Many rumours have arisen about the song's content, such as Jones' impending dismissal from The Clash or the rocky personal relationship between Jones and singer Ellen Foley, but Jones himself says It wasn't about anybody specific and it wasn't pre-empting my leaving The Clash. It was just a good rockin' song, our attempt at writing a classic... When we were just playing, that was the kind of thing we used to like to play. -Mick Jones, 1991 The Spanish backing vocals were sung by Joe Strummer and Joe Ely: 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 The song is featured in the trailer for You, Me and Dupree and Rugrats Go Wild, where it was featured on its soundtrack. The live version of the song was also featured in the opening credits for the film 28 Days. The song's opening guitar riff was used in One Direction's 2012 hit single, "Live While We're Young".
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