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Released on CBS, also Should I Stay or Should I Go, Down Under (Men at Work) and (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult)
Part of Sandinista!, also The Magnificent Seven, Somebody Got Murdered and Hitsville U.K.
Written by Eddy Grant, also Electric Avenue (Eddy Grant), Gimme Hope Jo’Anna (Eddy Grant) and I Don’t Wanna Dance (Eddy Grant)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
The Clash produced 41 songs on fono
Eddy Grant wrote 18 songs on fono
The Clash’s most frequent co-producer is Bill Price (4 songs together)
Eddy Grant first appears on fono in 1974, 6 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Eddy Grant
- Produced by
- The Clash
- Performed by
- Mick Jones
- Part of
- Sandinista!
- Released on
- CBS
- Written by
- Eddy Grant
- Produced by
- The Clash
- Performed by
- Mick Jones
- Part of
- Sandinista!
- Released on
- CBS
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Eddy Grant
Same label: CBS
Same release: Sandinista!
Same writer: Eddy Grant
Same label: CBS
Same release: Sandinista!
Same writer: Eddy Grant
Same label: CBS
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Police on My Back was performed by Mick Jones
Police on My Back was performed by Mick Jones
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Police on My Back was produced by The Clash
Police on My Back was produced by The Clash
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Police on My Back was written by Eddy Grant
Police on My Back was written by Eddy Grant
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Police on My Back is part of the release Sandinista!
Police on My Back is part of the release Sandinista!
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz CBS is the label of the song Police on My Back
CBS is the label of the song Police on My Back
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Police on My Back was released on 1980-12-12
Police on My Back was released on 1980-12-12
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026