the rights to Jaguar for a car advertisement. In an interview posted on his website, Strummer explained the reasons for the deal. "Yeah. I agreed to that. We get hundreds of requests for that and turn 'em all down. But I just thought Jaguar ... yeah. If you're in a group and you make it together, then everybody deserves something. Especially twenty-odd years after the fact." The song was also used for a 2012 British Airways advertisement, picturing a jet aeroplane taxiing through the streets of London passing numerous landmarks and parking outside the Olympic Stadium. Joe Strummer later became a DJ for the BBC World Service, on a programme called "Joe Strummer's London Calling". Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Clash gave permission to a Ukrainian punk band named Beton to rewrite the song as an anti-invasion anthem and charity fund-raiser titled "Kyiv Calling". Charts Certifications Sources Notes External links "Anatomy of a Song" by The Wall Street Journal 1979 singles The Clash songs Protest songs Songs about London Songs about floods Songs about rivers Songs written by Mick Jones (The Clash) Songs written by Joe Strummer Song recordings produced by Guy Stevens 1979 songs CBS Records singles