The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket

"Lost in the Supermarket" is a 1979 song by The Clash.Written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones and produced by Guy Stevens, it is credited to the Strummer/Jones songwriting partnership. It was released on their third studio album London Calling. It is the eighth song on the track listing. Although it features Mick Jones on lead vocals, the lyrics were written by Joe Strummer.

A slower song than many of the others on the album, its lyrics describe someone struggling to deal with an increasingly commercialised world and rampant consumerism. The song opens with Strummer's autobiographical memories of his parents' home in suburban Warlingham, with a hedge "over which I never could see." With lines such as "I came in here for that special offer - guaranteed personality", the protagonist bemoans the depersonalisation of the world around him. The song speaks of numbers about suburban alienation, the feelings of disillusionment that come through youth in modern society.

In the Making of 'London Calling': The Last Testament DVD, released with the 25th anniversary edition of London Calling in 2004, Strummer said he wrote the lyrics imagining Jones' life growing up in a basement with his mother and grandmother.

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[perrydear]

God bless Joe Strummer!

[PhoeFira]

Blasting this at 4AM, dancing like a douche and not giving a fuck.<3

[Supaduck0]

@REIworker Me too. I got lost in one when I was about 4. I got scared and hid behind a clothes rack. Luckily some nice supermarket lady found me and made an announcement over the tannoy for my Mum to come get me.

[Alonsitiko]

@TheTheMorg straight to hell, to be more accurate.

[REIworker]

I was once lost in a supermarket.

[TheTheMorg]

Whoever that 1 dislike is......you're going to hell.

[TheMeatand2veg]

some poor soul seems to be lost in the supermarket

[LucyyxLillian95]

This is one of those songs i just completley get what they're on about <3

[deadpool759]

I'm all lost in the supermarket

I can no longer shop happily

I came in here for that special offer

A guaranteed personality

[rutaloot]

@PhoeFira haha I thought I was the only one that had done that :)

[ElectroFreakshow]

@sammullins963258741 Oh dear god someone has a different taste in music! Gimme a break...

[sammullins963258741]

@ElectroFreakshow The Human League? Dear god...