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"Rock the Casbah" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, released in 1982 as the second single from their fifth album, Combat Rock. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US (their only top 10 single in that country) and, along with the track "Mustapha Dance", it also reached number eight on the dance chart.
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Rock the Casbah Lyrics: Now the king told the boogie men / "You have to let that raga drop / The oil down the desert way / Has been shaken to the top" / The Sheikh, he drove his Cadillac / He...
Released in 1982, off The Clash’s fifth album Combat Rock, “Rock the Casbah” made its radio rounds and got the then-obligatory video rotation on MTV, quickly becoming the biggest U.S. hit...
The song gives a fictitious account of the ban being defied by the population who proceed to "rock the casbah", causing the King to order jet fighters to bomb the revellers. The pilots ignore the orders, and instead play rock music on their cockpit radios.
Provided to YouTube by Sony Music UK Rock the Casbah (Remastered) · The Clash Combat Rock (Remastered) ℗ 2013 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited Released on: 1982-05-17 Composer, Lyricist:...
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Rock The Casbah by The Clash song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
The Clash's biggest U.S. hit, "Rock the Casbah," from 1982s "Combat Rock" album, was impossible to avoid that summer as it blasted from radios, home stereos, and cassette players across the country. it also received heavy rotation on the new cable television channel MTV.
The song’s infectious chorus, ‘Shareef don’t like it. Rockin’ the Casbah,’ becomes a chant against repression. ‘Rock the Casbah’ then takes on a double entendre: literally shaking a traditional stronghold, but metaphorically speaking, to challenge the status quo.