Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Akuhata me te marama o Mahuru 1979, ka tuhi te Clash i te "London Calling". I whakaputaina e Guy Stevens, he kaiwhakahaere A&amp;R o mua i mahi tahi me Mott the Hoople me Traffic, ko te pukaemi takirua he ranunga o te toka toka, reggae, ska, rockabilly, toka me te hurihuri tuku iho me etahi atu waahanga he kaha kaore i kitea mai i nga ra o mua o te roopu me te whakaputa pai ake. Ko te taitara o te ara i tino whakaawehia e te tohu karanga a te BBC World Service me te wehi i hua ai te
Ko te wehi karihi o Three Mile Island. E kiia ana koinei tetahi o nga pukaemi toka tino nui kua tuhia. Ko tana ara whakamutunga, he tohu toka me te rerenga i waiatahia e Mick Jones i huaina ko "Train in Vain", i whakauruhia i te meneti whakamutunga, na reira kaore i puta i te raarangi ara i runga i te uhi. I noho ko ia to ratou tuatahi US Top 40 hit, i eke ki te nama 23 i runga i te mahere "Billboard". I roto i te UK, i reira "Train i roto i te kore" i kore i tukua rite te kotahi, "London Calling"'s waiata taitara, rangatira i roto i te patu, engari unmistakably punk i roto i te karere, me te reo, piki ki te tau 11 - te tūranga teitei tetahi Clash kotahi tae i roto i te UK i mua i te pakaru o te rōpū.