| The Magnificent Seven 7" single | |
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Released: 10th April 1981 UK Catalogue Number: CBS A1133 UK Chart Position: 40 Side A
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Artist: The Clash
First Release: Sandinista!
Length: 5:33, 4:29 (single version)
Vocals: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones
Themes:
Additional Information:
- The Magnificent Seven is the longest song to open up a Clash album.
- the edited single version is around a minute shorter than the album version, and features a different intro.
- a dance mix of this song exists, entitled The Magnificent Dance.
- recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City [1] in April 1980 [2]
- Norman Watt-Roy (bass player): "There was Topper, me, Micky [Gallagher] and Mick [...] Jonesy says 'We need something really funky 'cos Joe says he wants to do a rap.' So we started that riff and looped it, and Joe wrote the words there and then. Totally spontaneous, a couple of hours and it was in the can." [3]
- Mick Jones: "At the start it was called The Magnificent Seven Rap-o-Clapper." [4]
- live premiere on the first date of "Impossible Mission" tour in April 1981 [5]
References:
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