Top singles from the past
10 April 2026
Iconic rock punks THE CLASH released their single
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN on 10 April 1981, today
45 years ago.
It featured on their triple album Sandinista!
The song was inspired by old school hip hop acts from New York City, like
the Sugarhill Gang and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. Rap was still a
new and emerging music genre at the time, and the band, especially Mick
Jones, was very impressed with it, so much so that Jones took to carrying a
boombox around and got the nickname “Whack Attack“.
It peaked at #34 in the UK Charts.
“You lot! What?
Don’t stop, give it all you got
You lot! What?
Don’t stop, yeah!
