1977 (song)

1977 (song)

Infobox Song
Name =1977


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Type =Single B-side to "White Riot"
Artist =The Clash
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Released =Start date|1977|3|18
Format =7" vinyl
Recorded =1977
Genre =Punk rock
Length =1:39
Writer =
Label =CBS CBS 5058
Producer =Mickey Foote
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"1977" is the B-side of seminal punk band The Clash's first single, White Riot, released in 1977. The song was most likely influenced by the reggae group Culture's album Two Sevens Clash, and Rastafarian predictions of impending chaos on July 7, 1977. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Birth of a Phenomenon: 'Two Sevens Clash' |url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11926707|publisher=National Public Radio |date=July 12, 2007 |accessdate=2008-08-06 ] The song used imagery of Apocalypse, unemployment, and riots. The chorus contains the line "No Elvis, Beatles, or The Rolling Stones in 1977", crowing the perceived irrelevance of the old rock acts. The song ends with a count of years starting with 1977 and ending abruptly with 1984 with an inferred Orwellian dystopian future. [Gray, Marcus (1996). "The Last Gang in Town: The Story and Myth of the Clash" (pp. 187-188). New York: Henry Holt and Company.]

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