Clown's Revenge
| "Clown's Revenge" | |
|---|---|
| Performed by The Police | |
| Performed: | 1977 |
| Length: | SONG LENGTH |
| Writer(s): | Stewart Copeland & Ian Copeland |
"Clown's Revenge" is a song written by Stewart Copeland & Ian Copeland and performed by The Police in 1977.
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About the song
The demo for this song was recorded on 1976-07-14 in Florian Pilkington-Miksa's home in London, England, UK.
He used a Yamaha Leslie cabinet with reverb and recorded onto Florian's Revox A77 tape machine (which he later bought from him on 1977-01-09). Fast guitar licks were recorded with the Revox A77 playing at half-speed. Ian Copeland sings the lead vocals, with Sonja Kristina on backing vocals. I
Personnel
This song was played while Henry Padovani was still in The Police.
Lyrics
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Hanging from a tightrope while I'm reaching to the crowd you're laughing, yeah, you're laughing you won't help that crazy clown you're gonna get down to my revenge you're all gonna die laughing gonna get down to my revenge you're all gonna die laughing creeping up the stairwell gonna do it while you sleep you'll be screaming, you'll be screaming dreaming of that crazy clown you're gonna get down to my revenge you're all gonna die laughing down to my revenge you're all gonna die laughing revenge you're all gonna die laughing gotta gotta gotta get my revenge you're all gonna die laughing creeping up the stairwell gonna do it while you sleep you'll be screaming, you'll be screaming dreaming of that crazy clown you're gonna get down to my revenge you're all gonna die laughing gotta gotta gotta get my revenge you're all gonna die laughing
Quotations and trivia
This was one of the earliest songs The Police played in 1977. So far there are four recordings of this song: 1977-03-03 and 1977-03-06 in London, 1977-03-28 at the Palais des Glaces in Paris and 1977-08-05 at Arènes de Mont-de-Marsan.
The song has wrongly been listed as "Clouds In Venice" so far...
Alternative and cover versions
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See also
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External links
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