Written by a furiously angry Cassie Fox in the wake of the murders of Sarah Everard and Blessing Olusegun, 'Reclaim These Streets' was released as a fundraiser for Women's Aid and featured the talents of 64 vocalists. It was soon dubbed "The feminist Band Aid", a nod to the 1984 fundraiser, and to the fact that Siobhan Fahey (as one third of Bananarama) featured on both 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' and on 'Reclaim These Streets'. Given that the song was essentially a DIY release, it did remarkably well, picking up a decent amount of both radio play and media interest in the first couple of weeks after its release and reaching number 57 in the iTunes chart in its first week. While clearly a snapshot of a very specific moment in time, the song is catchy enough to transcend the moment and punk enough to endure as a song in its own right.
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