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1. Singer Joe Strummer told an interesting story to Musician magazine in about how he proved that popular s group Tears for Fears stole a line from "Charlie Don't Surf" for the title of their hit "Everybody Wants To Rule The World."He was apparently in a restaurant and saw Roland Orzabal, lead songwriter for Tears for Fears, and told him that "you owe me a fiver," explaining that the.

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2. rows · Charlie Don't Surf is a song from the triple album "Sandinista!" by The Clash. Its .

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3. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of Sandinista! on Discogs. Label: Epic - 2 • Format: 2x, CD Album, Remastered • Country: Australia • Genre: Rock, Reggae • /5(18).

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4. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of Sandinista! on Discogs. Label: Epic - ESCA ~9 • Format: 2x, CD Album, Reissue • Country: Japan • Genre: Rock, Reggae • 5/5(7).

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5. Charlie Don't Surf Lyrics: Charlie don't surf and we think he should / Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good / Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma / Charlie's going to be a.

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6. CHORUS D Bm Charlie don't surf and we think he should D Bm Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good D Em7 Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma F#m7 Charlie's gonna be a napalm star RIFF (you can strum with a x-x? rather than the riff) Everybody wants to rule the world Must be something we get from birth One truth is we never learn Satellites will make space burn D.

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7. Sep 27,  · Charlie Don’t Surf owes its title and chorus to Francis Ford Coppola’s stoner classic Apocalypse Now but is as much about American hegemony and absurd racism as it is about Vietnam itself. It’s also catchy as fuck. One More Time Sandinista!’s best reggae track was followed by One More Time Dub on the album. It’s great too – but.

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8. Album Rating: The highlights of this album are without doubt Up in Heaven (my favourite Clash song), The Leader (Beautifully Sarcastic), Something About England (Weird as hell but with those brilliant string hooks and great lyrics), Magnificent Seven, Ivan meets G.I Joe, Somebody got murdered, Corner Soul, Lets go crazy (Fantastically energetic), The Call Up, Washington Bullets, Charlie.

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