Recording: I Fought the Law

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Performed by

Long Tall Shorty

First release

On Audio single On the Streets Again (1985)

Rating

Song info

Song

I Fought the Law

Written by

Sonny Curtis

First recording

I Fought the Law by The Crickets (1959)

First release

I Fought the Law by The Crickets on audio album In Style With The Crickets (1960)

Language

English

Adaptation tree

I Fought the Law written by Sonny Curtis - English
- Hvem dømmer hvem written by Thøger Olesen - Danish
- J'ai joué et j'ai perdu written by Vline Buggy, Claude François

Versions

I Fought the Law written by Sonny Curtis - English

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	I Fought the Law	The Crickets	1960
2	I Fought the Law	Bobby Fuller	1964
3	I Fought the Law	Sammy Masters	1964
4	I Fought the Law	Sir Henry and His Butlers	1966
5	I Fought the Law	Johnny Darrell	August 1968
6	I Fought the Law	Sonny Curtis	1968
7	I Fought the Law	Roy Orbison	November 1972
8	I Fought the Law	Sam Neely	January 1975
9	I Fought the Law	Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge	1978
10	I Fought the Law	The Clash	May 11, 1979
11	I Fought the Law	Long Tall Shorty	1985
12	I Fought the Law	Dead Kennedys	1987
13	I Fought the Law	Bryan Adams	1988
14	I Fought the Law	Stray Cats	1989
15	I Fought the Law	Rossy, David Lindley, Henry Kaiser	1992
16	I Fought the Law	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	1992
17	I Fought the Law	Mano Negra	1992
18	I Fought the Law	Mary's Danish	1992
19	I Fought the Law	The Pogues	1993
20	I Fought the Law	Andy Lee	1994
21	I Fought the Law	Die Toten Hosen	1994
22	I Fought the Law	Viper	1995
23	I Fought the Law	The International Beat	1996
24	I Fought the Law	Nanci Griffith	March 25, 1997
25	I Fought the Law	Mike Ness	November 9, 1999
26	I Fought the Law	Gene October	October 15, 2002
27	I Fought the Law	D.K. Davis	November 12, 2002
28	I Fought the Law	Jerry Williams [1]	2002
29	I Fought the Law	Shachi	March 11, 2003
30	I Fought the Law	Status Quo	November 17, 2003
31	I Fought the Law	Penpals	November 19, 2003
32	I Fought the Law	Waco Brothers	2003
33	I Fought the Law	Green Day	2004
34	I Fought the Law	The Crickets & Vince Neil	2004
35	I Fought the Law	Colin Farrell	2004
36	I Fought the Law	The Crickets, Albert Lee & Brian May	May 2, 2005
37	I Fought the Law	Nicke Borg, Dregen	December 2005
38	I Fought the Law	The Big Dirty Band	October 2006
39	Authority Song	Reel Big Fish	January 20, 2009
40	I Fought the Law	The Top Cats	2009
41	I Fought the Law	Dwight Twilley	2009
42	I Fought the Law	The Jolly Boys feat. Albert Minott	September 17, 2010
43	The Guns of Brixton/I Fought the Law and the Law Won	Anti-Flag	September 27, 2011