Is it normal I fought the law?

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  • anti-hero
    11 years ago | pl

    That has to be the most covered song of all time, the following bands/artists have done that song...

    Sonny Curtis and The Crickets (They wrote it. P.S. The Crickets = Buddy Holly's band.)

    The Bobby Fuller Four

    The Clash

    Sam Neely

    Hank Williams Jr.

    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

    The Dead Kennedys (Alt. version - I Fought the Law and I Won)

    Mute (Alt. version - I Fought the Law and I Won)

    Mike Ness (of Social Distortion fame)

    Johnny Cash

    John Cougar Mellencamp

    Bruce Springsteen

    Roy Orbison

    Tom Petty

    Stiff Little Fingers

    Waylon Jennings

    Green Day

    Grateful Dead

    Anti-Flag

    Chumbawamba

    Alvin and the Chipmunks

    The Airborne Toxic Event

    Doug Sahm and the Texas Mavericks

    AND tons of others that I can't remember at the moment, feel free to add others I have missed.

    OP: Sorry for all that.

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    • iin2want2know
      10 years ago | pl

      Did you Google that list? If not, I'm very impressed :-) Btw, absolutely love the Dead Kennedys cover.

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago | pl

      The Dead Kennedys (Alt. version - I Fought the Law and I Won) is great, it's about Harvey Milk's killer getting only a seven year sentence for cold bloodedly shooting him, and being released in just five.

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      • anti-hero
        11 years ago | pl

        True but it was written by Mute.

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        • [Old Memory]
          11 years ago | pl

          Well it is a cover lol....but thats why they changed it to "I Won". Because he got like no jail time for killing two people.

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    • bananaface
      11 years ago | pl

      Ha, Alvin and the Chipmunks?! Oh dear.

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