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The Clash - I Fought the Law (Official Video) - 1979
LYRICS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6Ikb50kqw
" I Fought the Law " is a song written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets and popularized by a cover by the Bobby Fuller Four , becoming a top-10 hit for the band in 1966. Their version of the song was ranked No. 175 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, and the same year was named one of the 500 "Songs that Shaped Rock" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
A version by Sam Neely charted in 1975. The song was also recorded by the Clash in 1979. A version with different lyrics was recorded by the Dead Kennedys in 1978.
In mid-1978, the Clash were working on their second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope . Singer Joe Strummer and guitarist Mick Jones flew to San Francisco to record overdubs in September–October at the Automatt studio. The owner of the Automatt kept his collection of classic jukeboxes distributed around the various rooms of the studio complex. Strummer and Jones heard the Bobby Fuller version of "I Fought the Law" for the first time on one of the jukeboxes. Their version first appeared on the EP The Cost of Living in May 1979 in the UK and, later that year, was made part of the American edition of the Clash's eponymous album . This cover version helped give the Clash their first taste of airplay in the States and is one of the best-known cover versions of the song. The live recording of the song, performed at the Lyceum Theatre , West End , London, on December 28, 1978, features as the last piece of the 1980 film Rude Boy directed by Jack Hazan and David Mingay. The Clash were dressed all in black for that gig and the song, at that stage, was considered the film's title song. On July 26, 1979, "I Fought the Law" was the first single by the band to be released in the United States.
In 1988, CBS Records re-issued the single (catalog number) in CD, 12-inch and 7-inch vinyl formats, with "City of the Dead" (2:24) and " 1977 " (1:40) as its 7-inch B-side. The song is featured as a downloadable track in the music video game series Rock Band . - source
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LYRICS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6Ikb50kqw
" I Fought the Law " is a song written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets and popularized by a cover by the Bobby Fuller Four , becoming a top-10 hit for the band in 1966. Their version of the song was ranked No. 175 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, and the same year was named one of the 500 "Songs that Shaped Rock" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
A version by Sam Neely charted in 1975. The song was also recorded by the Clash in 1979. A version with different lyrics was recorded by the Dead Kennedys in 1978.
In mid-1978, the Clash were working on their second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope . Singer Joe Strummer and guitarist Mick Jones flew to San Francisco to record overdubs in September–October at the Automatt studio. The owner of the Automatt kept his collection of classic jukeboxes distributed around the various rooms of the studio complex. Strummer and Jones heard the Bobby Fuller version of "I Fought the Law" for the first time on one of the jukeboxes. Their version first appeared on the EP The Cost of Living in May 1979 in the UK and, later that year, was made part of the American edition of the Clash's eponymous album . This cover version helped give the Clash their first taste of airplay in the States and is one of the best-known cover versions of the song. The live recording of the song, performed at the Lyceum Theatre , West End , London, on December 28, 1978, features as the last piece of the 1980 film Rude Boy directed by Jack Hazan and David Mingay. The Clash were dressed all in black for that gig and the song, at that stage, was considered the film's title song. On July 26, 1979, "I Fought the Law" was the first single by the band to be released in the United States.
In 1988, CBS Records re-issued the single (catalog number) in CD, 12-inch and 7-inch vinyl formats, with "City of the Dead" (2:24) and " 1977 " (1:40) as its 7-inch B-side. The song is featured as a downloadable track in the music video game series Rock Band . - source
#music #charttoppers #tangled
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