Clown's Revenge

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"Clown's Revenge"
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Performed by The Police
Performed: 1977
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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.

About the song

At the 1977-03-06 concert Sting mentioned that the song was written by Sonja Kristina.

Stewart Copeland is adamant that he wrote the music and Ian Copeland wrote the lyrics.

The demo for this song was recorded on 1976-07-14 in Florian Pilkington-Miksa's home in London, England, UK.

Stewart 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.

Personnel

The demo features Stewart Copeland playing the instruments, Ian Copeland on vocals and Sonja Kristina on backing vocals.

This song was performed live while Henry Padovani was still in The Police, also with both Henry Padovani and Andy Summers.

Lyrics

Lyrics are property and copyright of their owners, and provided here for educational purposes only.

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 stairway
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

"I'm gonna get my revenge" was what Sting sang during 1977 concerts.

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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References

source: Stewart Copeland, demo, 1977-03-06 recording