Song of the Day 12/28: The Clash, “Revolution Rock”

We’re creeping up on the 40th anniversary of the U.S. release of “London Calling,” the double album that validated punk as an essential rock genre while simultaneously transcending it by employing all the musical influences punk was supposed to scorn and supplant. Jamaican music was heavily represented, by both originals and a pair of covers, including this one, originally intended to close the album.

The original by Danny Ray and the Revolutionaries was released in 1976 to only modest success.