I Fought the Law

"I Fought the Law"
Single by the Crickets
from the album In Style With the Crickets
A-side"A Sweet Love"
ReleasedDecember 5, 1960 (1960-12-05)
RecordedMay 18, 1959[1]
GenreRock and roll
Length2:12
LabelCoral
Songwriter(s)Sonny Curtis
Producer(s)Norman Petty

"I Fought the Law" is a 1960 song by The Crickets. It was taken from their album In Style With the Crickets. It was made popular by two other artists. One was the Bobby Fuller Four, where it made number 9 in Canada and number 11 in the United States. The other was The Clash where it charted in New Zealand at number 17 in 1988.

References

  1. ↑ "Original versions of I Fought the Law written by Sonny Curtis | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.


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