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London Calling by The Clash

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WEEK 13

It was in this week in 1979...

that a partial meltdown occurred at a Pennsylvanian nuclear power station. The Three-Mile Island accident inspired the "nuclear error" reference in this song. That is why London Calling by The Clash is our single of the week.

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