The Equals "Police On My Back" (Studio) Eddy Grant clash uk pop

[vagoperezoso]

FEEL THE POP POWER OF THE '60S!

[razaalak]

5 people got busted

[thecolaratlady]

Nice to hear Eddy Grant in songs when he was with the equals

[obiwan899]

I've been looking for the original version of this song. The Clash version is epic, but I wanted to hear the original. Thank you!!

[zxcv1234vcxz]

I'd never heard of this band before. This song reminds me greatly of British bands on the Two Tone label in the late 1970s - Madness, The Specials and The Beat (The English Beat, in the US), among others. Most of the bands on that label were "mixed" (except Madness who were all white) and played a combined rock/ska/reggae style.

No doubt those groups were as influenced by The Equals as The Clash were.

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[CashCamg]

Glad to see Eddie had a lil game b4 E-ave........

[rayrey88]

Excellent stuff.

[Watts660]

I knew the Clash didn't write it but this is the first time I've heard the original, really good.

[aupsychobilly]

Still like the Clash cover better.

[Hipdudester]

This was a great group almost unknown in the states.

[thecolaratlady]

@Hipdudester Yeah, i had never heard of them...I mean ya, i heard of Eddy Grant but not The Equals. Eddy and Peter Tosh are 2 of my alltime favorites

[aprilglaspieable]

Rock down to, Electric Avenue.

[everytuesdaydj]

also good loud version by the Asian Dub Foundation (sorry about possible spelling errors I'm not English just a lousy Greek)

[GriefTourist]

fackin awesome

[MrSalmaj]

been threre no good

[l3ubba22]

Great song, but I think I like The Clash's cover better.

[decades12]

this song is so cool , heard it on Bob Dylan themetime radio hour on deep tracks

[Nofil221]

me too, i love theme time radio hour!!

[keepitwitmine]

@decades12 me too!! thats a great place to hear some really good obscure music

[theoswchamp]

cool

[pafpafinyourface]

I use to listen to this version on my car, when night is falling.

[dummytree]

I wonder how so many people never read song credits/liner notes!!! From the get go, i knew it wasn't a Clash song.

[DTD110865]

@dummytree

I actually remember somebody who was convinced that it was knew when The Clash covered it, and I tried to tell him it wasn't true. Unfortunatley, I had no idea who did the original until I borrowed a boxset of CD's by The Clash from a local library, and found them giving The Equals credit for the song in the liner notes.

[mikadoapache]

5 people dropped back

[Kazzzo]

Excellent! Thanks for this.

[DoctorRadio]

This was played regularly on Radio Veronica in Spring 1968 - I think it was a single in Holland or Belgium.

[Savage4945]

ha were they called The Equals because they were black and white and trying to promote racial equality or something?

[Khultan]

Wow, incredible. I like the clash's, their's is more believable and desperate, but I am so glad to discover the facts that this is the original and from the 60s no less.

[babykeepgroovin]

I love the Equals this i a great very different 60s song, hadn't heard it till on youtube, great!

[Boogieboy138]

i do like this. but i gotta go with the clash still.

[strummer77clash]

EXCELLENT!!! I didn't realize it had anything to do with Eddy Grant. Cool. Could have more of a kicker to it. The guitars are weak. But it was early.

[zxcv1234vcxz]

@strummer77clash - That song was recorded in mono. Stereo record first emerged in the 1950s, but the records of many popular songs and groups such as The Who were still produced in mono until well into the late 1960s.

[VWREMIX]

Are you some kind of one track plank ? Its Bobby Fuller the original you twonk

[1172404]

great both version are great!!!! viva the clash!!!!

[Sharpster7]

i saw these guys open for prince. what an amazing show.

[sydferret]

I've been there, with dogs.

[TheManus02]

you joined the league of retarded retards paul. sounds like the clash?, my arse. sounds like a crappy 60's beat band. oh they are!

[bartonim]

I have for years loved the Clash cover of this classic, but I really dig this original!

[pjubagoni]

finally on youtube, congrats

[kellyir1]

rad! i knew it was written by eddie grant, but i thought it was only recorded by the clash. great find!

[Tubernaut]

A young Eddy Grant on lead vocals. A wonderful and underrated group.

[Hardrockjoker2]

Damn! Eddy Grant knew how to make a political song also sounds good!

He proved it also in his Tracks electric avenue and gimme hzope joana

[bastlake]

awesome album cover

[maxmihelich]

I need to raid Joe Strummer's record collection.

[funktuall]

Congratulations, you have blown my freakin mind!!!!!!

[friendofthedevil]

cool! I admit I didn't realize this was a cover when the clash did it. but its always fun to find the originals, of this one, police and thieves, etc.

this band's got a good name too.

[SuperAkebono]

came to know this song via the clash's version, i like both versions

[tez0lambretta]

de toten hosen and ronnie biggs version,,better than both mate

[SuperAkebono]

Looked but couldn't find either de toten hosen or ronnie biggs version on Youtube. Found Lethal Bizzle's version tho--the guy is just talking over and in between the clash's version of this song. Bizzle seems to have a large following, but I can't see the art or the entertainment in his version--he added nothing to the song. His version really sucks green donkey dicks

[tez0lambretta]

de toten hosen did a cd,,punk was,,and it has police on my back it was a 2 song cd did in brazil,,maybe its on a download some were like limewire or something,,i got the cd ,,off ebay bout 7 years ago,,im sure you wud be able to get a copy,,

[tez0lambretta]

this week sometime i will load the cd up to the youtube etc ,,

[sidDkid87]

@SuperAkebono agree, the clash did justice to many tunes like this

[TheHeadOfDavid]

I think both this version and The Clash version are great, I mean it's not like one is better than the other, they are both great in different ways. I think for me it really depends on my mood. Peace everybody

[june18th1988]

this version would be awesome in one of those 70s, old school scooby doo episodes! i love it to be honest, along with the clash version, and hell, even the rap that leathal bizzle did made me laugh in a good way :) I just listen to the music and enjoy, you all should too.

[youknowsit187]

Clash version smokes this hands down.

[DerJallaMann]

there is another cover of this... a german band 'die toten hosen' record their version together with Ronnie Biggs in 1991

[wtfjunkie]

I don't really care wich version is better.

I won't even bother at all to compere them.

[jeffjohnston123]

diuga1: This song, in its original version performed here by the Equals, was first released in 1965.

[Queencitysoul]

I think you'll find it's from '67 or '68. They didn't realease anything till 1967.

[RhettWright]

great song, but you can't beat the Clash's manic version

[makcccp]

Clash version is better I'm sorry, sometimes the truth hurts.

[gittahfiend]

No,this is the better version.

[makcccp]

Actually I like this version ALOT, They are equal lol

[janfemo1992]

Is "the truth" your opinion?

[gittahfiend]

these guys should have been HUGE in america ! why didn't they get the air play ?

[loudenbomber]

i think you know why. damn ignorant americans

[Queencitysoul]

Their hit was Baby Come Back and it hit the low range of the US top 40 in 1968

[rutaloot]

thanks for uploading this! I had been wanting to listen to the original version of this song for a while now

[diuga1]

When was this song performed by The Equals first released?

[johnnybooda]

no other band covers songs the way the clash did... if you don't hear the original first, you think it's the clash's own tune. they make the tracks their own.

good choon tho :)

[RufusRamen]

I heard the clash version first (of course), but like there cover of Bobby Fullers "I fought the Law" the Clash picks good songs to cover.

[Tubernaut]

And don't forget their cover of Junior Murvin's Police and Thieves.

[cmMerlin]

I love the equals.. this one is a beat from the '60's..

you might find this on Scooby Doo.. :-p :)

[romeoagarza]

Fantastic song.

[thundertower]

awesome, though i've heard it first by the clash i admit, i still think this is awesome, this is the type of song that could easily get a crowd going, it's just honest rock 'n' roll, no bs

[TheClashera]

I like more the the clash version!!! cheers!!!

[actron]

just brilliant.

[ossiyossi]

Origin is better.....Really Great Radical song by immigrated and mixed up British group....!

[ozzieh]

this was the only version i had on my computer and i couldnt believe this wasnt on youtube so i posted what i had...

[TarkusNYC]

What year is this performance?

[BarneyGumble8]

will pop music ever be this good again?

[ozzieh]

probably not!!

[eti1313]

awesome version jmaybe the best

[coolconfuzer]

damn this version is great just as good as the clash version

[DharmaGirl07]

Yeah, thanks for putting this up - I knew the Clash didn't write it, so I wanted to hear the original version. I love the Clash. . .they're my number one favorite group of all-time, but it was also very nice to be able to see the original version. They actually did a lot of covers, and this one is a great way to kick off the second disc of Sandinista!. : D

[ruthetta]

Said just what I was thinking :)

[DArcyFD]

what a sweet tune, thanks for posting! i didn't realise the clash hadn't written this

[ozzieh]

same here..all throughout highschool and a few years after i thought it was a clash tune

[DArcyFD]

they sound like an awesome band too, perfect blend of 60s pop, r&b and reggae; i think i'll go out and buy some of their stuff!

contemporary music is so disappointing...

[ozzieh]

i have another song of theres posted..its my personal favorite of them..check it out my videos and youll see...honestly all you need is a greatest hits by them and thats it..great band

[vtm20002000]

thanks for posting this

[vityaferi]

i like the clash so much but i think this is a lil'bit better than the clash vers.

[oldphoque]

I think you are right. I love The Clash too. I even liked their side projects (except B.A.D.) This is fantastic.

[festy77]

fuck off this is a nice video thank you

yuta yuta yuta hija de puta

[harley0083]

thanks for posting, very cool tune

[emberpony]

Video or not, I truly appreciate you posting this great overlooked song by The Equals.

[superwesman]

1-star since it's not a video

[ozzieh]

sorry you feel that way,i dont have a video for this song and i did not see this song,so i thought id put it up for some people

[81ZED500]

5 outta 5 for me dude...just for the fact that your setting ppl straight on who wrote this. Good job, mate.