Should I Stay or Should I Go

Should I Stay or Should I Go

Infobox Single
Name = Should I Stay or Should I Go


Artist = The Clash
from Album = Combat Rock
B-side = "Inoculated City"
Released = Start date|1982|6|10
Format = 7" single, cassette tape
Genre = Punk rock, pop punk
Length = 3:06
Label = Epic 14-03006
Writer = The Clash
Producer = The Clash
Reviews = [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:5kqpgh4mtv5z All Music Guide]
Last single = "Know Your Rights"
(1982)
This single = "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"
(1982)
Next single = "Rock the Casbah"
(1982)
Misc = "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by 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, a decade after it was originally released. In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". [cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3 |title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |accessdate=2007-11-22 |date=2004-12-09 |publisher=Rolling Stone]

The tune leans towards more of a retro punk rock sound than most of the other tracks on the album. Though many legends have arisen about what the song is about (one of which is Jones' impending dismissal from the Clash in 1983), it is actually about a rocky personal relationship between Jones and former Meat Loaf backup singer Ellen Foley that would soon implode. The lyrics seem to reflect ups and downs concerning the relationship and the dilemma of sticking with or ending it. [cite journal |date=March 16, 1991 |title=The Uncut Crap - Over 56 Things You Never Knew About The Clash |journal=NME |volume=3 |pages= |publisher=IPC Magazines |location=London |issn=0028-6362 |oclc=4213418 |accessdate=2007-12-11 |quote="Should I Stay Or Should I Go" was written by Mick about American singer Ellen Foley, who sang the backing vocals on Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell LP.
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*cite web |url=http://londonsburning.org/art_nme_03_16_91.html |title=The Uncut Crap - Over 56 Things You Never Knew About The Clash - NME March 16, 1991 |accessdate=2007-12-11 |last=Peterson |first=Tami |publisher=londonsburning.org ]

The Spanish backing vocals are courtesy of Joe Strummer: [cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1550 |title=Should I Stay or Should I Go? by The Clash |accessdate=2007-11-23 |publisher=Songfacts |quote=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) ] [cite web |url=http://weeklywire.com/ww/05-22-00/austin_music_feature2.html |title=Music: Lubbock Calling (Austin Chronicle. 05-22-00) |accessdate=2007-11-22 |last=Moser |first=Margaret |date=2000-05-22 |work=The Austin Chronicle |publisher=Weekly Wire |quote="I ran into them accidentally in New York when they were cutting 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' and Strummer said, 'Hey, help me with my Spanish.' So me and Strummer and the Puerto Rican engineer sat down and translated the lyrics into the weirdest Spanish ever. Then we sang it all. "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. ]

Releases

The single was reissued several times. In 1982, with a different cover as a double A-side with "Straight to Hell" and with "Cool Confusion" as its B-side. In 1983, with "First Night Back in London" on the side two, and in 1991, with "Rush" by Mick Jones' group Big Audio Dynamite II as its B-side (see the table below). [cite web
url=http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_clash#Single
title=Albums by The Clash - Rate Your Music
accessdate=2007-12-31
publisher=rateyourmusic.com ]

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