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Clampdown

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"Clampdown"
Single by The Clash
from the album London Calling
B-side"The Guns of Brixton"
Released1980
RecordedAugust–September 1979, November 1979 at Wessex Studios
Length3:50
LabelCBS ES 486
Songwriter(s)Joe Strummer and Mick Jones
Producer(s)Guy Stevens
The Clash singles chronology
"London Calling"
(1979)
"Clampdown"
(1980)
"Train in Vain"
(1980)

"Clampdown" is a 1980 song by English punk rock band The Clash. It is the second single from their third studio album London Calling. It was released in Australia with its B-side single The Guns of Brixton. It was not released in other territories, with the exception of US promos. It was covered by the Indigo Girls for their 2005 album Rarities.