Lost In The Supermarket (track)
by The Clash
Year: 1979
From the album London Calling (track #8)
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Lost In The Supermarket appears on the following album(s) by The Clash:
- London Calling (track #8) (this album) (1979)
- The Story Of The Clash Volume 1 (track #12) (compilation) (1988)
- The Essential Clash (track #25) (compilation) (2003)
- Clash On Broadway (track #39) (compilation) (1991)
- The Singles (Box Set) (track #31) (compilation) (2006)
- The Vanilla Tapes (track #11) (compilation) (2004)
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| ! | 09/19/2026 00:09 |  travelful | 13,799 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 07:08 | Siromynian | 20,079 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 11:56 | Brando1788 | 1,209 | 83/100 |
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The best Clash song IMO, very good lyrics. Amazing atmosphere, so much ahead of its time, this song could be released in 2020 and it would not sound dated.
Great song about consumerism. The perfect consumer in capitalismistan :'I'm all tuned in, I see all the programmes, I save coupons from packets of tea...', but completely lost!
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/24/2012 22:21 | #58830
"I wasn't born so much as I fell out." Great lyrics. The drumming is excellent too.
A go-to for whenever I go shopping (Edited)
I get a real 80's vibe from this song. A very innovative sound for 1979!
