I Fought the Law

About I Fought the Law

"I Fought the Law" is a much-covered song originally recorded by Sonny Curtis and The Crickets (post Buddy Holly) in 1959. The song was famously covered by Bobby Fuller Four, who recorded a more successful version of the song in 1965, and by The Clash, who performed and recorded a punk rock version in 1976 and 1977. Just as the song became a top ten hit, Bobby Fuller was found dead in a parked automobile near his Los Angeles, California home. The police considered the death an apparent suicide; "just about everyone who knew him disagreed"[1] .

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About this song

Credited to

Dead Kennedys

Album

Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death · Track 9 of 17

Released

June 15, 1987

Duration

2:18

Ranking

#3 most played Dead Kennedys track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

223,878 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death