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Clash, The “Train In Vain” French promotional 7″
The only time “Train In Vain” gets featured by itself is when France makes it a promotional-only, and shares half the real estate with “Bankrobber”, once a single-only B-side until it re-appeared on Black Market Clash (1980), and in Australia, it’s named “Stand My Me” (Train In Vain)”, but the other way around to advert confusion away from Ben E. King’s memorable “Stand By Me” (’60). The unlisted (not hidden) “Train In Vain” was a very late last-minute addition to 1979′s London Calling as the sleeves were already in pressing, and was to be featured as an NME flexi-disc but was nixed.
This single may allude to being a response to The Slits’ “Typical Girls” (’79) as a document of Mick Jones’ relationship with Viv Albertine. Later on, Garbage sampled this for “Stupid Girl” (’95) and The Afghan Whigs “Lost In The Supermarket” (’99).
