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"Lost in the Supermarket" is a 1979 song by The Clash.Written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones and produced by Guy Stevens, it is credited to the Strummer/Jones songwriting partnership. It was released on their third studio album London Calling. It is the eighth song on the track listing. Although it features Mick Jones on lead vocals, the lyrics were written by Joe Strummer.

A slower song than many of the others on the album, its lyrics describe someone struggling to deal with an increasingly commercialised world and rampant consumerism. The song opens with Strummer's autobiographical memories of his parents' home in suburban Warlingham, with a hedge "over which I never could see." With lines such as "I came in here for that special offer - guaranteed personality", the protagonist bemoans the depersonalisation of the world around him. The song speaks of numbers about suburban alienation, the feelings of disillusionment that come through youth in modern society.

In the Making of 'London Calling': The Last Testament DVD, released with the 25th anniversary edition of London Calling in 2004, Strummer said he wrote the lyrics imagining Jones' life growing up in a basement with his mother and grandmother.

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8 years ago

Maudit TheGuilty

Happy afternoon........

8 years ago

TheChrome811

Dub Spencer And Trance Hill - The Clashification Of Dub

8 years ago

Louis Griffith

and good luck!

8 years ago

Angelica T.

✴✳❇♥............

8 years ago

Idon'tWantToChangeMyName

This song fuckin blows 

8 years ago

Frank Metzner

There was social criticism in the sixties also . ....."Punk" is "A" "Expression" for artificial means....."Helter Skelter", "Jumpin JAck Flash",........."What a drag it is getting old..........bumbambumbam kids are different today I hear every mother say, mother needs something to bring her down.......Even though, this song seems to be more a description of "modern times" in a romantic sense....its also criticism...like George Harrison's "Taxman".

8 years ago

Antonella Masala

Il bello dei Clash : un testo impegnato su una melodia allegra e pop.Comunque il sabato i supermercati sono un percorso di guerra.

8 years ago

Dave Albiston

"..I came in here for a special offer guaranteed personality.."

8 years ago

David Irwin

I was not born so so much as I fell out! And. NO body seemed to notice me!!. I am all lost !!.

8 years ago

Mike Baxter

I always think of this song when I go I to the grocery store in Fallout 3.....

9 years ago

Johnny Vulture

Proto new wave i see where the smiths get their grooves

9 years ago

Jason Tayeri

Bless those who make music that sounds this well, and means so much. a lost art unfortunately.

9 years ago

John Karge

Merci beaucoup Brodeur! 

9 years ago

Brian McKenna

Nicely sums up how I feel about the world most days.

9 years ago

fingazfunk

Thanks so much for breaking down the lyrical content. 

9 years ago

Leo B

Buon pranzo a tutti! Sono in ritardo, mi sono perso all'Esselunga

9 years ago

Leo B

Buon pranzo a tutti! Sono in ritardo, mi sono perso all'Esselunga

9 years ago

Josh W

I didn't read too much into the meaning of the lyrics when i was younger, i just seemed to enjoy the melody. Now it's clear to hear the anti-consumerism message. Possessions do not define your personality! I appreciate this great song so much more now!

9 years ago

PeteerD

Haha randomly thought about this song , great one great album

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