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"Police and Thieves" (aka "Police and Thief") is a reggae song first recorded by the falsetto singer Junior Murvin in 1976. It was covered by the punk band The Clash and included on their self-titled debut album released in 1977. ==Junior Murvin version== The song was originally written by Junior Murvin.〔Katz, David (2006) ''People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee "Scratch" Perry'', Omnibus Press, ISBN 978-1846094439, p. 246-9, 272, 493〕 Murvin approached Lee "Scratch" Perry in May 1976 and auditioned the song at Perry's Black Ark studio; Perry decided to record the song the same afternoon, and decided to alter the lyric slightly. Players on the track included Boris Gardiner (bass), Ernest Ranglin (guitar), Sly Dunbar (drums), Keith Sterling (keyboards), and Joe Cooper (organ), with backing vocals provided by Barry Llewellyn and Earl Morgan of The Heptones.〔 The next day dub versions were mixed and versions with different lyrics recorded. The song, about gang war and police brutality, was out on the street in a couple of days, backed by The Upsetters' dub version "Grumbling Dub", and became a big hit in Jamaica. Released in Jamaica on Federal Records' Wild Flower subsidiary label (as "Police and Thief") it was issued in the UK by Island Records in July, and proved to be a bigger sales and club hit in England than in Murvin's and Perry's native Jamaica.〔〔Steve Barrow (1994), "''Interview with Max Romeo in June 1994 as a part of the Reggae Archive Object''". Lee Scratch Perry Arkology. Kingston: Island Jamaica for Island Records Ltd.〕 It was also successful in the US, where it was issued on the Mango label.〔 Island also issued a 12-inch version with Jah Lion's deejay version "Soldier and Police War", and Glen DaCosta's saxophone version "Magic Touch" added. It was named 'Reggae Single of the Year' by ''Black Echoes'', and placed sixth in the ''NME''s end of year singles chart.〔 The song was included as the title track on Murvin's 1977 album.〔 The song became an anthem in the UK in 1976 as the Notting Hill Carnival erupted into a riot.〔〔O'Brien Chang, Kevin & Chen, Wayne (1998) ''Reggae Routes'', Temple University Press, ISBN 978-1-56639-629-5, p. 166〕 Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of the Clash were involved in the rioting, which inspired them to cover the song on their debut album, in a style that they called Murvin's version became a Top 30 UK hit in 1980, peaking at no. 23.〔("UK Official Chart Hits for Junior Murvin" ) Retrieved 7 March 2013〕 It appeared in Ted Bafaloukos' 1978 film ''Rockers'', and also in Guy Ritchie's 1998 film ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' . Murvin also recorded "Bad Weed" on the same rhythm with different lyrics. The song has since been re-recorded by Murvin several times; A digital version appeared on a 1987 single produced by Prince Jammy, an acoustic version was included on the 2007 album ''Inna de Yard'', and a new version was released in 2008 on a Ralston Brown-produced single. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Police and Thieves」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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