“On the spur of the moment I said, ‘I’m going to do the backing vocals in Spanish’”: How The Clash created an iconic ’80s hit that’s lived on thanks to Levi’s, Kylie and Stranger Things

The Clash.

When The Clash’s 1982 anthem Should I Stay Or Should I Go was first released as a double A-side single with Straight To Hell, it reached the top 20 in the UK and Ireland, but made little impact on an international level.

By 1991, however, with help from one of America’s biggest jeans companies, the world was ready to give the song another chance. The song was chosen for usage in a television commercial for Levi’s 501s, where a young man gets challenged to a game of pool by an older gentleman hoping to win his branded denim trousers.