Artist
The Clash
The Clash appears once in our Punk list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Punk
- Year
- 1977
- Highest placing
- No. 3 in Punk
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
White Riot
1977 · CBS
Ranked No. 3 in Punk
Ninety-nine seconds, written after Strummer and Simonon were at Notting Hill Carnival. A song about wanting to be as serious as somebody else's politics, which is a stranger idea than it first sounds.