The Clash - White Riot Album

Tracklist

1	1977	1:40
2	White Riot	1:54

Credits

• Photography By [Front Pic] – C. Coon
• Producer – Micky Foote
• Written-By – Strummer, Jones

Notes

1979 japanese singles box set edition

Album

White Riot is a song by English punk rock band the Clash, released as the band's first single in March 1977 and also included on their self-titled debut album. There are two versions of the song: the single version also appearing on the US version of the album released in 1979, was one of the first songs they recorded at CBS Studio 3 on Whitfield Street in Central London, after signing with CBS Records. However, when they were recording the debut album, they decided to use a demo version of the. White riot, I wanna riot White riot, a riot of my own White riot, I wanna riot White riot, a riot of my own Black man got a lotta problems But they dont mind throwin' a brick White people go to school Where they teach you how to be real thick Everybodys doin' Just what theyre told to And nobody. wants To go to jail White riot, I wanna riot White riot, a riot of my own White riot, I wanna riot White riot, a riot of my own All the powers in the hands Of the people rich enough to buy it While we walk the street Too chicken to even try it Everybodys doin' Just what theyre tol. Sound System. The Clash. Hits Back. The Clash is the self-titled debut studio album by English punk rock band the Clash. It was released on 8 April 1977 through CBS Records. Written and recorded over three weeks in February 1977 for a paltry 4,000, it would go on to reach No. 12 on the UK charts, and has been included on many retrospective rankings as one of the greatest punk albums of all time. White Riot. White Riot was the first single by punk band The Clash, in 1977. The song is featured on their debut album. It exists in two versions: the original on the UK version of the album, and the second re-recorded, with a different intro on the White Riot single and US version of the album released in the States two years later in 1979. The UK album version is 1:56 in running time, while the single and US album version run in at 2:01. The song is short and intense, drawing influence from the Ramones' style of three chords played very fast. Mick Jones counts off &qu read. White riot, I wanna riot White riot, a riot of my own White riot, I wanna riot White riot, a riot of my own. Black man got a lotta problems But they don't mind throwin' a brick White people go to school Where they teach you how to be real thick. Everybody's doin' Just what they're told to And nobody wants To go to jail White riot, I wanna riot White riot, a riot of my own White riot, I wanna riot White riot, a riot of my own. All the power's in the hands Of the people rich enough to buy it While we walk the street To. The Clash spent the next eight years speaking out for the lower class and against the establishment. Targets of their scorn included the British government and their record company. Predictably, this song caused some problems during Clash concerts at times when audience members - often political punks - would use it as an excuse to cause trouble. Clash members Mick Jones and Joe Strummer played this together for the last time in November 2002. Jones was in the audience for one of Strummer's solo shows and came onstage to join him. The album wasn't released in the US until 1979. Over 100,000 copies were sold there as an import in 1977. Critic Score. User Score. Or consider a donation More Albums. View All. London Calling. Combat Rock. Album 1977 14 Songs. Music Videos. More by The Clash. Having Words - Single. White Riot 1977. Album by The Clash. was sampled in. The Phantom It's in There by Renegade Soundwave 1989. was covered in. White Riot by Camper Van Beethoven 2004