^ ' Eric Clapton – I Shot The Sheriff'.^ ' Eric Clapton – I Shot The Sheriff' (in Dutch).^ ' Eric Clapton – I Shot The Sheriff' (in German).^ ' Top RPM Singles: Issue 3841a.' RPM.^ 'Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989'.Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. ^ 'Singles Reviews > Picks of the Week' (PDF).^ 'Billboard's Top Single Picks' (PDF).The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). ^ Brackett, Nathan Hoard, Christian, eds.The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: From Arenas to the Underground, 1974–1980. ^ 'British single certifications – Bob Marley & The Wailers – I Shot the Sheriff'.'Bob Marley's Ex-Girlfriend Brings Her Own Marley Documentary to Miami'. Archived from the original on 6 April 2004. 'Rap, cops, and crime: clarifying the 'cop killer' controversy'. Archived from the original on 29 January 1998. ^ 'Bob Marley & the Wailers – I Shot the Sheriff'.List of number-one singles from the 1990s (New Zealand).List of number-one singles of 1974 (Canada).List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1974.List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1974.* Sales figures based on certification alone. Warren G version 'I Shot the Sheriff'įrom the album Take a Look Over Your Shoulderīelgium ( Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. In 2003, Clapton's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Cash Box called it a 'smooth bluesy rocker with lots of guitar, keyboards and strong background harmonies.' Record World said that Clapton is 'firing straight from the hip, both vocally and riff-wise.' Faring better in the charts, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, his only US number one to date. Billboard described this version as being 'a catchy goof of a winner' despite not containing a guitar solo. His performance of the song adds soft rock to the reggae sound. 'I Shot the Sheriff' (2010 live) by Eric Clapton on YouTubeĮric Clapton recorded a cover version that was included on his 1974 album 461 Ocean Boulevard. 'I Shot the Sheriff' (full-length version) by Eric Clapton on YouTube 'I Shot the Sheriff' (album version) by Eric Clapton on YouTube ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.Įric Clapton version 'I Shot the Sheriff' In 2012, Marley's former girlfriend Esther Anderson claimed that the lyrics, 'Sheriff John Brown always hated me / For what, I don't know / Every time I plant a seed / He said, 'Kill it before it grow'' are actually about Marley being very opposed to her use of birth control pills Marley supposedly replaced the word 'doctor' with sheriff. In 1992, with the controversy surrounding the Ice-T song ' Cop Killer', Marley's song was often cited by Ice-T's supporters as evidence of his detractors' hypocrisy, considering that the older song was never similarly criticised despite having much the same theme. Marley explained his intention as follows: 'I want to say 'I shot the police' but the government would have made a fuss so I said 'I shot the sheriff' instead. The song was first released in 1973 on The Wailers' album Burnin'. ' I Shot the Sheriff' is a song written by Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley and released in 1973 with his band the Wailers.īob Marley and the Wailers version 'I Shot the Sheriff' (1977 live) by Bob Marley and the Wailers on YouTube 'I Shot the Sheriff' by Bob Marley and the Wailers on YouTube Bob Marley and the Wailers singles chronology

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