sonny curtis wrote the song i fought the law.
sonny curtis wrote the song i fought the law.
who wrote the song i fought the law?
sonny curtis
the album was released as a response to "i fought the law"'s impressive chart performance, featuring a re-recorded version of the song on stereo copies of the album ( in which fuller slyly inserts a certain four-letter word in place of the word "fun"). the song was written by sonny curtis and had been previously released on the crickets first album without buddy holly, "in style with the crickets". in addition, the album recycles seven songs from fuller's previous album "krla king of the wheels", including the band's previous hit single, "let her dance" and "i fought the law"'s b-side, "little annie lou". many songs are also reworkings of older songs recorded by bobby fuller in his home studio in el paso, including "i fought the law", "julie" and "only when i dream" are new songs. "she's my girl" is listed on the front cover but does not appear on this album as it did on the first.
i fought the law (album)
the punk band dead kennedys put together their own version of "i fought the law" shortly after san francisco politician dan white murdered city supervisor harvey milk and mayor george moscone in 1978. most of the lyrics were re-written so the song was from white's point of view; the chorus was changed to "i fought the law, and i won", with the final line in the final chorus changed to "i am the law, so i won." the song portrays white as someone who got away with first-degree premeditated murder and is unrepentant about it and specifically cites his use of the diminished responsibility defense. it also makes use of the reference "twinkie defense", where lead singer jello biafra sings "twinkies are the best friend i ever had".
i fought the law