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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.
Rock the Kasbah is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Mitch Glazer. [5] The film stars Bill Murray as a talent manager sent to Afghanistan for a USO tour, Kate Hudson as his partner in country, Bruce Willis as his armed protection and book client, and Leem Lubany as his musical discovery.
Combat Rock is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Clash, released on 14 May 1982 through CBS Records. [1] In the United Kingdom, the album charted at number 2, spending 23 weeks in the UK charts and peaked at number 7 in the United States, spending 61 weeks on the chart.
'Rock the Casbah' by the Clash. Drummer Topper Headon acted upon a creative impulse to write the foundation for the Clash's "Rock the Casbah," recording each of the parts himself.
Rock the Casbah is a 2013 French-Moroccan drama film written and directed by Laïla Marrakchi. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
(1980), the band achieved further commercial success with the release of Combat Rock (1982), which includes the US top-10 hit "Rock the Casbah", helping the album to achieve a 2× platinum certification there. In 1982, Headon left the band due to internal friction surrounding his increasing heroin addiction, and Jones departed the following year.
Rock the Casbah (Hebrew: רוק בקסבה) is a 2012 Israeli war drama film co-written and directed by Yariv Horowitz. Title. The title is drawn from a punk rock ...
He covered The Clash song "Rock the Casbah" which he retitled with the Arabic name of "Rock El Casbah". This song appeared in the 2007 film about Clash frontman Joe Strummer entitled The Future Is Unwritten. [19] The song suggested rock music as "banned but unstoppable". [2] Taha performed the song along with The Clash musician Mick Jones.