All the Young Punks

"All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)"
Song by The Clash from the album Give 'Em Enough Rope
Released 10 November 1978 (1978-11-10)
Genre Punk rock
Length 4:54
Label CBS, Epic
Writer Joe Strummer
Composer Mick Jones
Language English
Producer Sandy Pearlman
Give 'Em Enough Rope track listing
A-side
  1. "Safe European Home" (3:50)
  2. "English Civil War" (Traditional; arranged Mick Jones/Joe Strummer) 2:35
  3. "Tommy Gun" (3:17)
  4. "Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad" (3:03)
  5. "Last Gang in Town" (5:14)
B-side
  1. "Guns on the Roof" (3:15)
  2. "Drug-Stabbing Time" (3:43)
  3. "Stay Free" (3:40)
  4. "Cheapskates" (3:25)
  5. "All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)" (4:55)
[1]

All the young punks
Laugh your life
Cos there ain't much to cry for
All the young cunts
Live it now
Cos there ain't much to die for

—Chorus

My bumming slumming friends have got new boots
And someone just asked me if the group would wear suits.

—Garageland

"All the Young Punks" is the tenth and final track on The Clash's 1978 album Give 'Em Enough Rope.[1][2]

The original American issue of the album retitled "All the Young Punks" to "That's No Way to Spend Your Youth". This was revised on later editions.

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 All the Young Punks at Discogs
  2. ↑ "Give 'Em Enough Rope by The Clash". SoundStageDirect.


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