Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Topper Headon
Drums
Joe Strummer
Vocals
Mick Jones
Guitar
Paul Simonon
Bass Guitar
Chris Gower
Trombone
Dick Hanson
Trumpet
Irish Horns
Horn Section
John Earle
Saxophone
Mick Gallagher
Organ
Ray Bevis
Saxophone
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jackie Edwards
Songwriter
Danny Ray
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Guy Stevens
Producer
Bill Price
Engineer
Jerry Green
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
[Chorus]
Revolution rock
It is a brand new rock
A bad, bad rock
This here revolution rock
[Verse 1]
Careful how you move, Mack, you dig me in the back
And I'm so pilled up that I rattle
I have got the sharpest knife, so I cut the biggest slice
I've go not time to do battle
[Verse 2]
Everybody smash up your seats
And rock to this brand new beat
This here music mash up the nation
This here music cause a sensation
[Chorus]
Tell your ma, tell your pa
Everything's gonna be alright
Can't you feel it? Don't ignore it
Gonna be alright
[Chorus]
Revolution rock
I am in a state of shock
So bad, bad rock
This here revolution rock
[Verse 3]
Careful how you slide, Clyde, all you did was glide
You poured your beer in me hat
Keep my good eye on the beat, living on fixation street
I ain't got no time for that, hey
[Refrain]
Everybody smash up your seats
And rock to this brand new beat
This here music mash up the nation
This here music cause a sensation
Tell your mama, tell your pa
Everything's gonna be alright
Can't you feel it? Don't ignore it
Gonna be alright
[Bridge]
Revolution rock
Get that cheese grater going
Against the grain
Wearing me down
Pressure increase
Everybody
[PreChorus]
Everybody smash up your seats
And rock to this brand new beat
This here music mash up nations
This here music cause a sensation
Tell your mama "Forget your bother"
Everything's gonna be alright
Can't you feel it? Don't ignore it
It's gonna be alright
[Chorus]
Revolution rock
[Bridge]
To the coolest mobsters in Kingstown
With the hardest eyes and the cruelest tongues
Is your heart so made of rock
That the blood must run 'round the block?
Are you listening, mobsters? Yeah
All people grow, gotta die
While kind old fools go rolling by
It's food for thought, mobsters
[Bridge]
Young people shoot their days away
I've seen talent thrown away
Are you a loan shark?
[Bridge]
The organ play
And they're dancing to the brand new beat
This here music mash up nation
This music cause a sensation
Tell your ma-ma-ma-ma, tell your pa-pa-pa-pa
Everything's gonna be alright
Can't you feel it? Don't ignore it
Everything is gonna be alright
[Bridge]
I say, revolution rock
There's that old cheese grater
Rubbing me down
This must be the way out
[Outro]
Ooh-la, ooh-la, ooh-la
Any song you want
Playing requests now on the bandstand
El Clash Combo
Paid fifteen dollars a day
Weddings, parties, anything
And Bongo Jazz, a speciality
Written by: Jackie Edwards, Danny Ray