"Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song that took nearly a decade to become the hit it was always meant to be. The track, by the Clash, was written in 1981 and released in 1982 as a double A-side with "Straight to Hell." It features Mick Jones on lead vocals, and it is from the band's fifth studio album, Combat Rock.

The song performed modestly on global music charts upon its initial release. But it received greater attention nearly a decade later as the result of an early-1990s Levi's jeans commercial, leading to the song's 1991 re-release, which topped the UK Singles Chart.

The song was listed in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. American Songwriter also tells the story of how Joe Ely helped with the Spanish lyrics after running into the band in New York while they were cutting the song.

What stays with me is how the song's late-blooming success is part of its charm. It is a song about indecision, but it is delivered with total confidence, and that contradiction is what makes it timeless.

The song was listed in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. American Songwriter also tells the story of how Joe Ely helped with the Spanish lyrics after running into the band in New York while they were cutting the song. It is a song about indecision, but it is delivered with total confidence.

The song's late-blooming success is part of its charm. It is a song about indecision, but it is delivered with total confidence, and that contradiction is what makes it timeless. It is a song that refuses to age. It is a song that stays with you long after it ends. It is a song that stays with you long after it ends.