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The Clash

Should I Stay or Should I Go

1981 · via The Clash

The Clash recorded “Should I Stay or Should I Go” in 1981. The Clash wrote it with Mick Jones and Joe Strummer. This is the first recording of the song. Also recorded by Living Colour (1991), Tom Petty (1992) and Die Toten Hosen (1997), among 157 recordings on file. It is on the album Combat Rock (1982).

The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go
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Tom Petty took a run at the Clash's big indecision song, and he was not alone: Living Colour and Die Toten Hosen did too. Play the Clash first, then hear how Petty handles the question.

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Written by The Clash, Mick Jones and Joe Strummer.

First recorded by The Clash in 1981: this is the first recording.

On the album Combat Rock (1982).

Other recordings on file

157 recordings of “Should I Stay or Should I Go” on MusicBrainz in all.

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The Clash wrote "Should I Stay or Should I Go" and recorded it first. Which of these artists later put their own recording of it on tape?Tom Petty
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