Janie Jones

"Janie Jones" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash. It is the opening track on their debut album, The Clash (1977). The song is named after Janie Jones, a cabaret singer who organised sex parties at her Kensington home. A live performance of "Janie Jones" is featured in the 1980 film Rude Boy, and the song has been on the soundtracks of other films as well. The song is the first choice on narrator Rob Fleming's list of "five best side one track ones" in Nick Hornby's 1995 novel High Fidelity and on Rob Gordon's Top 5 list in the 2000 film adaptation. Composition The song is named after Janie Jones, a minor English cabaret and pop singer in the 1960s who was convicted in 1974 of "controlling prostitutes" at sex parties she held at her home in Kensington. She was released from prison in 1977, and an allegedly smitten Joe Strummer composed the song in her honour.