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Police on My Back - Wikipedia

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"Police on My Back"
Song by The Equals
from the album Explosion
Released	December 1967
Recorded	1967
Genre	Funk, soul
Songwriter(s)	Eddy Grant

"Police on My Back" is a 1967 song originally released by The Equals from their second studio album Explosion. In 1980, the song was covered by The Clash.

"Police on My Back" was written by Eddy Grant and recorded by his band The Equals for their second studio album Explosion in December 1967.^[1]

"Police on My Back"

Song by The Clash

from the album Sandinista!

B-side

"The Crooked Beat"

Recorded

12 December 1980

Genre

Punk rock

The Clash singles chronology

"The Call Up" / "Stop the World"
(1980)

"Police on My Back" / "The Crooked Beat"
(1980)

"Hitsville UK" / "Radio One"
(1981)

In 1980, the Clash recorded a cover version of the song for their album Sandinista!,^[2]^[3] and turned "the mid-paced soul-pop song into a charged-up, full-powered rocker".^[4] Their version featured guitarist Mick Jones on lead vocals. Their version of the song was only released in Australia, and was described as a "punk anthem at a time of political and social repression", and as their "most full-throated rock song since I Fought The Law."^[5]^[6]

The song was also covered by Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day in 2020, during the coronavirus lockdown.^[7]

The song was described as being: "an expression of Jamaican rude boy culture".^[8]^[9] The song has been covered a number of times over the years, including Zebda in 2003, Asian Dub Foundation,^[9] Lethal Bizzle in 2007,^[9] and more recently, Culture Abuse in 2018.^[10]

Personnel

The Equals

Derv Gordon – lead vocals
Eddy Grant – lead guitar
Pat Lloyd – rhythm guitar
Lincoln Gordon – rhythm guitar, bass
John Hall – drums

The Clash

Joe Strummer – lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
Mick Jones – guitar, keyboards, lead and backing vocals
Paul Simonon – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "The Crooked Beat"
Topper Headon – drums, lead vocals on "Ivan Meets G.I. Joe" and backing vocals in "The Sound of Sinners"

References

^ "The Equals - Equals Explosion (1967, Vinyl)".
^ "Police on My Back by The Clash - Track Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
^ "Daily Dose of Protest: Police On My Back – The Equals". The Ongoing History of Protest Music. 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ Swanson, Dave (2014-08-06). "Under Cover: The Clash Have the Police on Their Backs, Thanks to the Equals". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ Interviews, Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews &; Murray, Robin (2018-10-09). "Culture Abuse Tackle 'Police On My Back'". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 2024-02-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Connelly, Jim (2015-06-25). "Certain Songs #232: The Clash - "Police on My Back"". Medialoper. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ Neale, Matthew (2020-07-19). "Listen to Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong cover The Equals' 'Police On My Back'". NME. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ Stratton, Jon (September 2013). "'Police On My Back' and the postcolonial experience". Social Identities. 19 (5): 536–551. doi:10.1080/13504630.2013.796882. hdl:20.500.11937/30636. ISSN 1350-4630.
^ ^a ^b ^c Becker, Jordan. ""Police on My Back" and the postcolonial experience" (PDF). Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "Culture Abuse Release Cover Of Police On My Back". Kerrang!. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

v t e The Equals
Derv Gordon Lincoln Gordon Eddy Grant John Hall Pat Lloyd
Studio albums	Unequalled Equals Explosion Sensational Equals Equals Supreme Equals Strike Again
Compilation albums	Baby, Come Back
Singles	"I Get So Excited" "Baby, Come Back" "Laurel and Hardy" "Police on My Back" "Softly Softly" "Michael and the Slipper Tree" "Viva Bobby Joe" "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys"

v t e The Clash
Joe Strummer Mick Jones Paul Simonon Topper Headon Terry Chimes Keith Levene Rob Harper Pete Howard Nick Sheppard Vince White
Studio albums	The Clash Give 'Em Enough Rope London Calling Sandinista! Combat Rock Cut the Crap
Live albums	From Here to Eternity: Live Live at Shea Stadium
Compilations	Black Market Clash The Story of the Clash, Volume 1 1977 Revisited Clash on Broadway The Singles (1991) Super Black Market Clash The Essential Clash Singles Box The Singles (2007) Sound System The Clash Hits Back 5 Album Studio Set
Extended plays	Capital Radio The Cost of Living
Singles	"White Riot" "Remote Control" "Complete Control" "Clash City Rockers" "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" "Tommy Gun" "English Civil War" "I Fought the Law" "Groovy Times" "London Calling" "Clampdown" "Train in Vain" "Bankrobber" "The Call Up" "Hitsville U.K." "The Magnificent Seven" "This Is Radio Clash" "Know Your Rights" "Should I Stay or Should I Go" "Rock the Casbah" "Straight to Hell" "This Is England" "Return to Brixton"
Other songs	"Career Opportunities" "Capital Radio One" "Garageland" "I'm So Bored with the USA" "Janie Jones" "London's Burning" "Police and Thieves" "Jail Guitar Doors" "Brand New Cadillac" "Death or Glory" "Lost in the Supermarket" "Revolution Rock" "Rudie Can't Fail" "Spanish Bombs" "Junco Partner" "Washington Bullets" "Overpowered by Funk"
Films	Rude Boy Concert for Kampuchea Westway to the World Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten London Town
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Category

v t e Zebda
Albums	L'arène des rumeurs (1992) Le bruit et l'odeur (1995) Essence ordinaire (1998) Utopie d'Occase (2002) La Tawa (2003) Second Tour (2012) Comme des Cherokees (2014)
Singles	"Tomber la chemise" (1998)
Label	Barclay Records

v t e Asian Dub Foundation
Chandrasonic Nathan Flutebox Lee Pandit G Ghetto Priest Dr Das Aktarv8r Brian Fairbairn Master D
Studio albums	Facts and Fictions R.A.F.I. Rafi's Revenge Community Music Enemy of the Enemy Tank Punkara The Signal and the Noise More Signal More Noise Access Denied
Compilation albums	Frontline 1993–1997: Rarities and Remixes Time Freeze: The Best of Asian Dub Foundation
Live albums	Conscious Party Live: Keep Bangin' on the Walls

v t e Lethal Bizzle
Studio albums	Against All Oddz Back to Bizznizz
Compilation albums	Best of Bizzle
Singles	"Pow! (Forward)" "Go Go Go!" "Pow 2011" "Mind Spinning" "Not a Saint" "They Got It Wrong" "Party Right" "The Drop" "Rari WorkOut" "Fester Skank"
Featured singles	"Flutes" "Man's Not Hot (MC Mix)"
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