Rudie Can't Fail (track)
by The Clash
Year: 1979
From the album London Calling (track #5)
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Rudie Can't Fail appears on the following album(s) by The Clash:
- London Calling (track #5) (this album) (1979)
- The Essential Clash (track #24) (compilation) (2003)
- Clash On Broadway (track #36) (compilation) (1991)
- The Singles (Box Set) (track #34) (compilation) (2006)
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| 3 days ago | daCritic | 34,841 | 76/100 | |
| 01/20/2026 12:07 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 01/10/2026 11:40 |  doombringer | 13,616 | 74/100 | |
| 12/12/2025 00:00 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 12/08/2025 14:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,054 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.2/100, a mean average of 87.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.2.
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LukasAntoine00s 03/19/2020 05:22 | #248861
one of the happiest songs i've heard
9999 07/14/2018 00:27 | #218162
Listen to "I'm gonna love you too" by Buddy Holly and then come back to this song. The melody of the verse sounds suspiciously similar. Still a cool song though.
Decent track with a nice drive :)
Grzywa 01/06/2016 14:16 | #155962
I always loved how Clash incorporated Jamaican influences to their music. Here, apart from the obvious musical elements, we get a satyrical view of a typical English rudeboy. Great.
Incredible.
Jasonconfused 12/24/2012 22:03 | #58826
Great duet. Very reggae.
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