DESCRIPTION:
From '' White Riot Vol. One A Tribute To The Clash ''
Label: Uncut Magazine -- UNCUT 2003 12A
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2003

01. Stiff Little Fingers - Strummerville
02. Songdog - Janie Jones
03. Hamell On Trial - White Riot / Hitsville UK
04. Matthew Ryan - Somebody Got Murdered
05. Hawksley Workman - Bankrobber
06. Marc Carroll - London Calling
07. Josh Rouse - Straight To Hell
08. Kealer - Train In Vain
09. Mr David Viner - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
10. Thea Gilmore - I'm Not Down
11. Jeff Klein - The Guns Of Brixton
12. The Caravans - Know Your Rights
13. Asian Dub Foundation & Zebda - Police On My Back
14. Terry Edwards & The Scapegoats - Version City
15. Edwyn Collins - 1977
16. The Fiery Furnaces - One More Time
17. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Long Shadow

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"Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, from their album Combat Rock.
It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals.
It became the band's only number-one single, a decade after it was originally released. In November 2004, it was ranked at 228 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
In 2009 it was ranked 42nd on VH1's program 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.

it is actually about a rocky personal relationship between Jones and singer Ellen Foley that would soon implode. The lyrics seem to reflect ups and downs concerning the relationship and the dilemma of sticking with or ending it.

Cover versions and parodies

Skin,
Ice Cube and Mack 10,
Living Colour,
Maroon 5,
Weezer,
Guitar Wolf,
Die Toten Hosen,
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
and Kylie Minogue.
A version by former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair was created by digital editing of his speeches to make it appear he was performing the song.

Post punk band The Libertines performed a live version of the song, with Mick Jones featured on guitar.
Jones, also sampled the track for his Big Audio Dynamite II song "The Globe". American punk band MxPx frequently covers the song during live sets, and it appears on their album On the Cover II. ZZ Top also covered it in the early 1980s. "Weird Al" Yankovic performs this in his "Polkas on 45" medley on his album "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D, released in 1984.

The main riff was parodized by the Brazilian rock band Mamonas Assassinas, in the song "Chopis Centis", released in 1995 on their album of same name.

In 2001, Paul Shanklin recorded a version called "Will I Stay or Will I Go?"
In it, Shanklin imitates John McCain debating whether or not to leave the Republican Party.
Christian parody band ApologetiX recorded "Should I Pray or Should I Go?" on their Adam Up album (2003).
On 22 December 2007, Love and Rockets played "Should I Stay or Should I Go" at the Strummerville benefit show at the Key Club in Los Angeles.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers also included it in their sets in the past.

Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs included a Spanish-language version of the song on their album La Luz del Ritmo.
Punk band Anti-Flag performed the song, along with other Clash songs as part of a U.S. festival. It has appeared in setlists multiple times since then.

Cover band Camp Freddy have performed an acoustic version of the song.
The rock band Šank Rock from Slovenia made a cover of the song in Slovene with the title "Al' Naj Ostanem Al' Naj Grem" which is simply the translation of "Should I Stay or Should I Go".
The rock band Bajaga i Instruktori from Serbia made a cover of the song in Serbian with the title "Da li da odem ili ne", the title also being the translation of "Should I Stay or Should I Go".

Commercial uses

For Levi Strauss & Co. (1991),
for Zoey 101 while saying, "Should she stay, or should she go?",
for Pontiac (2004/05),
for Benylin (Canada, 2008/09)
and for mobile phone network Claro (Brazil, 2009).

Notable appearances

"Should I Stay or Should I Go" has been used in several TV programs,
such as BBC One's Ashes to Ashes (in its second series),
Blackpool (episode five)
and Bravo Two Zero (miniseries).
Both CTV teen drama series Instant Star and Degrassi: The Next Generation had episodes named after the song. It was used and inspired a segment on the Frosty, Heidi and Frank radio show.

A live version of the song was used for the opening sequence of the film 28 Days in 2000.
In 2003, Jones had a cameo appearance in the film Code 46, singing "Should I Stay or Should I Go" in a karaoke club.
It was sung by Angelica Pickles' character in the children's film Rugrats Go Wild, also released in 2003.
It is also featured as a playable track in the video game Rock Band.

The song's opening riff was used by Brazilian comedy rock band Mamonas Assassinas on their song "Chopis Centis".
It is also referenced in the lyrics of Kelly Clarkson's hit "Walk Away", in the lines "Should you stay or should you go?".

A part of the song is played in the films "Iron Man 2" and "Divorcing Jack".