Evening all, our determined march to find the best ever Clash song marches on. We’ve sent over 30 songs to the suburbs and are getting closer to our final 64. Voting daily you help me decide which Clash song proceeds onward to the next round – I’ve got a fresh 4 to share in a minute and will include extra information beneath but first some earlier results. If this is your first visit to the blog get involved – we need your votes too!

Living in Fame defeats The Harder They Come 19  -  18

Broadway defeats Do It Now 32  -  3

That first result was exciting to watch as Living in Fame was trailing by a vote or two almost right til the end. It’s the tightest match up we’ve seen so far and was that close to ending all square.  In the other contest, it really wasn’t one was it? Right four new ones – cast your eyes below (click on titles for audio):

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Cheat - Something from the early days to get your teeth into. A late addition to the debut album and a song that was recorded on the last weekend session. Fast frantic and full of the speed induced energy

Overpowered By Funk - Another Combat Rock song and so far I’ve seen mixed (mostly weak) results from CR tracks. This seems to be a Clash song that brings out love or hate from most fans. I’ve changed my mind a few times over the years but it was an innovative idea for 1982. I still enjoy Topper’s percussion on this an awful lot.

This Is England - I clearly remember this single coming out, and although the sleeve was a bit tacky and I’d decided this was blasphemy due to the lack of Mick Jones this was a decent song, better than decent really. The electronic drums were a detraction but Joe sounded good and I even raised my expectations for the forthcoming album. That was short lived as Cut the Crap was a travesty in Clash terms.

Version City - This song probably needed an easier draw than the one above to get through to the next round. That said my ‘prediction rate’ for this round has probably been about 80% so there are shocks to be seen. I actually have a hard time describing this song so just click and play.

Thanks for your votes – you’ve got until Tuesday am to sort these four out.

Tim