The Clash were an English punk rock band, active from 1976 to 1986, and part of the original wave of UK punk rock in the late 1970s.
"Police and Thieves" was originally recorded in 1976 by reggae artist Junior Murvin, who co-wrote the song with the already famed reggae music producer, Perry. Murvin's version was a bigger sales and club hit in England, than in Murvin's and Perry's native Jamaica.
The Clash's version, which is six minutes in length, is one of the first examples of a rock band incorporating reggae into their repertoire. The song had been a rehearsal room favourite of the band. It had not originally been planned for inclusion on The Clash, but an impromptu version the band started playing during a break in a recording session, spurred the decision to finalize their own arrangement, record it, and include the finished article on their album.
In the beginning of the song, Joe Strummer interpolates the line "They're going through a tight wind" as a tribute to The Ramones — already an established American punk band — and an influence on The Clash. The lyric line appears in the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop".
"Police and Thieves" was originally recorded in 1976 by reggae artist Junior Murvin, who co-wrote the song with the already famed reggae music producer, Perry. Murvin's version was a bigger sales and club hit in England, than in Murvin's and Perry's native Jamaica.
The Clash's version, which is six minutes in length, is one of the first examples of a rock band incorporating reggae into their repertoire. The song had been a rehearsal room favourite of the band. It had not originally been planned for inclusion on The Clash, but an impromptu version the band started playing during a break in a recording session, spurred the decision to finalize their own arrangement, record it, and include the finished article on their album.
In the beginning of the song, Joe Strummer interpolates the line "They're going through a tight wind" as a tribute to The Ramones — already an established American punk band — and an influence on The Clash. The lyric line appears in the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop".
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