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Should I Stay or Should I Go
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"Should I Stay or Should I Go"
Single by The Clash
from the album Combat Rock
B-side
"Inoculated City" (1982)
"Rush" (1991)
Released
10 June 1982
Format
7" single
cassette
Recorded
1981[1]
Genre
Punk rock[2]
arena rock[3]
Length
3:06
Label
Epic 14-03006
Songwriter(s)
Topper Headon
Mick Jones
Paul Simonon
Joe Strummer
Producer(s)
The Clash
The Clash singles chronology
"Know Your Rights"
(1982) "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
(1982) "Rock the Casbah"
(1982)
"Know Your Rights"
(1982) "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
(1982) "Rock the Casbah"
(1982)
The Clash reissued singles chronology
"Return to Brixton"
(1991) Return to Brixton1991 "Should I Stay or Should I Go" (rerelease)
(1991) String Module Error: Match not found1991 "Rock the Casbah" (rerelease)
(1991) String Module Error: Match not found1991
Music video
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" on YouTube
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash, from their album Combat Rock. It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released.[4] In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.[5] In 2009 it was ranked 42nd on VH1's program 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.[6]
Many rumours have arisen about the song's content, such as Jones' impending dismissal from the Clash or the tempestuous personal relationship between Jones and American singer Ellen Foley.[7] Should I Stay Or Should I Go' was thought to be written by Jones about Foley, who sang the backing vocals on Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell LP.[7] However, Jones himself said:
It wasn't about anybody specific and it wasn't pre-empting my leaving The Clash. It was just a good rockin' song, our attempt at writing a classic ... When we were just playing, that was the kind of thing we used to like to play. – Mick Jones, 1991[8]
The Spanish backing vocals were sung by Joe Strummer and Joe Ely:
On the spur of the moment I said 'I'm going to do the backing vocals in Spanish' ... We needed a translator so Eddie Garcia, the tape operator, called his mother in Brooklyn Heights and read her the lyrics over the phone and she translated them. But Eddie and his mum are Ecuadorian, so it's Ecuadorian Spanish that me and Joe Ely are singing on the backing vocals. – Joe Strummer, 1991[9]
Contents
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1 Releases
2 Personnel
2.1 "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
2.2 "Inoculated City"
3 Charts
3.1 Original release
3.2 Reissue
3.3 Year-end charts
3.4 Download
4 In popular culture
5 See also
6 References
Releases[edit]
The single was reissued several times. It was first reissued in 1982, with a different cover as a double A-side with "Straight to Hell" and with "Cool Confusion" as its B-side. It was reissued again in 1983, with "First Night Back in London" on side two, and then for a third time in 1991, with "Rush" by Mick Jones' group Big Audio Dynamite II as a double A-side, with a remix of "Rush" as its B-side (see the table below).[10]
Live recording of the song was released as a part of the album, Live at Shea Stadium, which featured a concert on 13 October 1982 in New York. The song's music video[11] from that performance was included in DVD The Clash Live: Revolution Rock. Both disks were released on 6 October 2008.[12]
The single has had a huge resurgence with it being featured in the Netflix thriller Stranger Things in 2016 and appears on the Sony Music release of the soundtrack that features songs from both season 1 and 2
Year
B-side
Format
Label
Country
Note
1982 CBS logo etched into vinyl 45 rpm 7" vinyl Epic ENR-03571 USA One Sided Single - Epic's Get the Hit - Special Low Price
1982 "Cool Confusion" 45 rpm 12" vinyl Epic 07 5P-223 JP —
1982 "Straight to Hell" (Edit) 45 rpm 12" vinyl CBS CBS A13 2646 UK —
1982 "Straight to Hell" (Edit) 45 rpm 7" vinyl CBS CBS AII 2646 UK Picture disc
1982 "Inoculated City" 45 rpm 7" vinyl Epic 14-03006 USA 10 June 1982
1982 "First Night Back in London" 45 rpm 7" vinyl Epic 34-03061 USA Released on 20 July 1982
1982 "Straight to Hell" 45 rpm 7" vinyl CBS CBS A 2646 UK Released on 17 September 1982
1983 "Cool Confusion" 45 rpm 7" vinyl Epic 34-03547 USA Released on 27 January 1983
1991
"Rush (Dance Mix)" (Big Audio Dynamite II)
"Protex Blue" (The Clash)
45 rpm 12" vinyl CBS / Sony UK A-side
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" (The Clash)
"Rush" (Big Audio Dynamite II)
Personnel[edit]
"Should I Stay or Should I Go"[edit]
Mick Jones – lead vocals, lead guitar
Joe Strummer – backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Paul Simonon – backing vocals, bass guitar
Topper Headon – drums
Joe Ely – backing vocals
"Inoculated City"[edit]
Mick Jones – vocals, lead guitars, sound effects
Joe Strummer – lead guitars
Paul Simonon – bass guitar
Topper Headon – drums
Charts[edit]
Original release[edit]
Chart (1982–83)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[13] 37
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[14] 40
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 16
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16] 17
US Billboard Hot 100[17] 45
US Billboard Top Tracks[17] 13
US Cash Box[18] 63
Reissue[edit]
Chart (1991–92)
Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[19] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[20] 3
France (SNEP)[21] 25
Germany (Official German Charts)[22] 5
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[23] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[24] 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[25] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[26] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[29] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1992)
Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[30] 17
Download[edit]
Chart (2012)
Peak
position
France (SNEP)[21] 165
Chart (2013)
Peak
position
France (SNEP)[21] 152
In popular culture[edit]
The song was used in a Levi's jeans commercial in 1991 and was reissued as a single, which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.[31][29]
The song's opening guitar riff was used in One Direction's 2012 hit single, "Live While We're Young", which caused controversy.[32]
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" features heavily in the Netflix sci-fi drama Stranger Things. The song has shown up multiple times in the series and is a significant part of the storyline. [33][34][35]
This song is also featured in the widely popular Netflix TV show, Stranger Things.
See also[edit]
Ronald Reagan in music
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "The Brexit Vote Is the Perfect Excuse to Revisit This Song by The Clash". Time. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
Jump up ^ Rowley, Scott (13 September 2017). "The Clash Albums Ranked From Worst To Best – The Ultimate Guide". Classic Rock. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
Jump up ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Clash – Combat Rock". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
Jump up ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 524–5. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Jump up ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1-500)". Archived from the original on 25 October 2006. . Rolling Stone. 29 December 2004.
Jump up ^ "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". Spreadit.org. 1 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
^ Jump up to: a b "The Uncut Crap – Over 56 Things You Never Knew About The Clash". NME. Vol. 3. London. 16 March 1991. ISSN 0028-6362. OCLC 4213418. 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' was written by Mick about American singer Ellen Foley, who sang the backing vocals on Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell LP.
Jump up ^ Clash on Broadway Box Set liner notes (Media notes). Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Jump up ^ Moser, Margaret (22 May 2000). "Music: Lubbock Calling (Austin Chronicle. 05-22-00)". The Austin Chronicle. Weekly Wire. Retrieved 22 November 2007. I ran into them accidentally in New York when they were cutting 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' and Strummer said, 'Hey, help me with my Spanish.' So me and Strummer and the Puerto Rican engineer sat down and translated the lyrics into the weirdest Spanish ever. Then we sang it all. When you listen to 'Should I Stay or Should I Go,' there's a place in the song where Mick says, 'Split.' Me and Strummer had been yelling out the Spanish background lyrics and we had snuck up behind him as he was recording. We were behind a curtain, jumped out at him in the middle of singing, and scared the shit out of him. He looks over and gives us the dirtiest look and says, 'Split!' They kept that in the final version.
Jump up ^ "Albums by The Clash". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
Jump up ^ The Clash's official music video for 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go' on YouTube
Jump up ^ "New Live Clash Album And DVD". Ultimate-Guitar.com. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
Jump up ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6196." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Should I Stay or Should I Go". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
Jump up ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b "The Clash – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
Jump up ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MARCH 26, 1983". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. . Cash Box magazine.
Jump up ^ "Austriancharts.at – The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Lescharts.com – The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go". VG-lista. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
Jump up ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
Jump up ^ "End of Year Charts 1992". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
Jump up ^ Zadeh, Joe (4 August 2011). "Jean Spirit: The Music Behind Levi's Adverts". Clash. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
Jump up ^ Bychawski, Adam (29 September 2012). "One Direction respond to claims they ripped off The Clash on 'Live While We're Young'". NME. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
Jump up ^ Gidick, Sarah (3 August 2016). "5 Things to Know About Winona Ryder's Stylish Comeback Show, 'Stranger Things'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
Jump up ^ Reed, Ryan (1 August 2016). "Hear 'Stranger Things'-Inspired Mixtape Featuring Smiths, Clash". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
Jump up ^ Minsker, Evan (10 August 2016). "Netflix's Stranger Things Soundtrack Detailed". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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Catch and Release
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Susannah Grant
Produced by
Casey Grant
Josh Siegel
Matthew Tolmach
Jenno Topping
Written by
Susannah Grant
Starring
Jennifer Garner
Timothy Olyphant
Kevin Smith
Sam Jaeger
Juliette Lewis
Music by
Brian Transeau
Tommy Stinson
Cinematography
John Lindley
Edited by
Anne V. Coates
Production
company
Relativity Media
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
October 20, 2006 (2006-10-20) (Austin Film Festival)
January 26, 2007 (2007-01-26) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$25 million[2]
Box office
$16 million[2]
Catch and Release is a 2007 American romantic comedy film directed by Susannah Grant in her directorial debut, and starring Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Kevin Smith, Sam Jaeger and Juliette Lewis. In the film, after a woman's fiancé dies, she seeks comfort in his friends, learning his secrets while falling for his best friend. Filming took place in 2005 in Vancouver and Boulder, Colorado. Catch and Release premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October 2006 and was released in the United States on January 26, 2007. The film was panned by critics and bombed at the box office, earning $16 million against a $25 million budget.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Reception
5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical response
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
In Boulder, Gray Wheeler attends the funeral of her fiancé, Grady Douglas, on the day they were supposed to be married. Gray seeks solitude behind a shower curtain, where she unintentionally listens to Grady's best friend, Fritz, having sex with a caterer.
Eve, Grady’s attorney, confirms for Gray that since they were not married, Gray will get nothing. The attorney reveals that Grady had an investment account with a million dollars in it, which Gray knew nothing about
Gray realizes that she can no longer afford to rent the house that they had picked out. With the help of Grady's other two close friends, Dennis and Sam, she puts her things into storage and moves in with them. Fritz, currently between directing commercials in California, also comes to stay, which causes tension between him and Gray.
Gray discovers that Grady transferred $3,000 every month to an unknown person. Gray later finds Grady's cell phone and listens to a string of messages from a woman asking about money. Gray asks Fritz for answers (as it is a Los Angeles number), and he reveals that Grady had a son, whose massage therapist mother depended on the money he sent. Fritz tells Gray that the boy is eight and that he was conceived before she met Grady.
Gray is further troubled when Mrs. Douglas asks her to return the family heirlooms engagement ring. She refuses and keeps the ring. The other woman, Maureen, and her son, Mattie, come looking for Grady. Gray learns that Mattie is actually 3 years old and realizes Grady was cheating on her. Gray confronts Fritz, but they end up in a passionate kiss.
Gray does not want anything to do with Maureen, but for unstated reasons the guys are reluctant to send her away, and they all get to know each other. Over dinner, trying to understand how Grady could secretly cheat on her, Gray blurts out that she equally withheld from him that “catch and release” fishermen are cruel and should just eat the fish.
Sam and Maureen, with similar scattered personalities, develop a connection, but Sam stops her when she initiates sex with him while Mattie is in the room. Gray and Fritz have become intimate. On a day trip to a river, Sam teaches Mattie to fly fish, while Dennis admits to Gray that he has feelings for her. Dennis is upset to learn that Gray and Fritz are an item, but Gray later tells him that her relationship with Fritz is "less than nothing", not realizing that Fritz can hear her. He believes she does not love him and returns to Malibu.
Mrs. Douglas insists that Mattie take a DNA test before letting him inherit Grady's money. The test shows that Mattie is someone else’s child. Maureen has no idea how to find the “nice guy” named Rafael she had sex with a few days before having sex with Grady, and is unsure how she can meet her responsibilities without Grady's money. Gray tells Mrs. Douglas that either she needs to give her family’s money to this random kid, or Gray will sell the family engagement ring to help Grady’s mistress support someone else’s child.
The group gathers at the dedication ceremony for the peace garden that Dennis has built to memorialize Grady. Mrs. Douglas gives Maureen a cashier’s check for $1 million. She then tells Gray to keep the ring, saying that all she wanted was her boy back. Dennis moves out of the house, and Maureen and Mattie move in with Sam, finding new support but still keeping the Douglas family money. Gray goes to Malibu and finds Fritz playing with his dog on the beach—they embrace and kiss.
Cast[edit]
Jennifer Garner as Gray Wheeler
Timothy Olyphant as Fritz Messing
Kevin Smith as Sam
Sam Jaeger as Dennis
Tina Lifford as Eve
Fiona Shaw as Ellen Douglas
Juliette Lewis as Maureen Monette
Production[edit]
Catch and Release was filmed in the spring/summer of 2005, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with a reprise in December 2005. In July 2005, several scenes were filmed in Boulder, Colorado, where the story takes place.
Kevin Smith said while filming this movie, he and Lewis went to the set of the Uwe Boll film In the Name of the King because Smith had heard they had Krispy Kreme doughnuts, which were flown in by Burt Reynolds, who was appearing in that film. They took boxes of doughnuts back to the Catch and Release set, and someone on set asked if they had stolen the doughnuts from the set of In the Name.., because Reynolds saw someone running away with them.[3]
Soundtrack[edit]
The original film score is produced by Brian Wayne Transeau (BT) and Tommy Stinson.
Songs used in the official trailer for the film included "Just a Ride" by Jem and "Breathe (2 AM)" by Anna Nalick.
Music featured in Catch and Release is performed by:
Foo Fighters – "Razor"
The Lemonheads – "My Drug Buddy"
Blinker the Star – "A Nest for Two"
The Magic Numbers – "Mornings Eleven"
Gary Jules – "Pills"
Steve Durand – "Electrified and Ripe"
New Radiant Storm King – "The Winding Staircase"
Audible – "Sky Signal"
Peter Maclaggan – "Leaving the Ground"
Joshua Radin – "What if You"
Gomez – "These 3 Sins"
Alaska! – "Resistance"
Paul Westerberg – "Let the Bad Times Roll"
The Swallows – "Turning Blue"
Andrew Rodriguez – "What I Done"
Death Cab for Cutie – "Soul Meets Body"
Doves – "There Goes the Fear"
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Box Office Mojo predicted Catch and Release would earn $4.6 million during its opening weekend from 1,622 sites, with Leesmovieinfo.com estimating $5 million. The film edged above these expectations and grossed $7,658,898 in its first three days — with Sony indicating that 75% of the audience was female (with 58% being over 25). The pattern of films that rely heavily on its leading ladies having a dominantly female audience can also be seen in pictures like In Her Shoes, Just Like Heaven and Because I Said So, other medium-sized box office successes.
The film ended up with a final gross of $15,539,051 in the United States and $456,458 overseas, making it a bomb at the box office.[2]
Critical response[edit]
Critical reaction towards the film has been largely negative. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 21% approval rating with an average rating of 4.5/10 based on 132 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "A romantic dramedy with boring, stock characters and contrived situations."[4] Metacritic gave a score of 43 out of 100 based on 28 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5] The film did receive "Two Thumbs Up" from Richard Roeper and guest critic Govindini Murty on At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper. Even with most of the reviews being negative, a number of critics praised the performance given by Smith.[6]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Catch and Release (2007)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Catch and Release (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
Jump up ^ "Hollywood Babble-On #130". Smodcast.com. Hollywood Improv. June 30, 2013. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Catch and Release (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Catch and Release". Metacritic. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Gimme an Oscar, dammit!". Silentbobspeaks.com. January 26, 2007. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
External links[edit]
Catch and Release on IMDb
Catch and Release at AllMovie
Catch and Release at Rotten Tomatoes
Catch and Release at Metacritic
Catch and Release at Box Office Mojo
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