For some reason, the band Mary's Danish covered this song for the soundtrack to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. Dave Courtney sang on Mute's version of this song, which made a more famous appearance as the first track on the EP The Cost of Living. In one version of this song, the singer notes that a certain institution "don't mean shit if you've got the right friends" and claims to be "the new folk hero of the Ku Klux Klan"; that version was rewritten to reference the Moscone-Milk assassinations by the Dead Kennedys. It was originally written by Sonny Curtis and recorded by the post-Buddy-Holly Crickets, though the first charting version was recorded by the Bobby Fuller Four. In the original version of this song, the singer twice admits "guess my race is run" a
For some reason, the band Mary's Danish covered this song for the soundtrack to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. Dave Courtney sang on Mute's version of this song, which made a more famous appearance as the first track on the EP The Cost of Living. In one version of this song, the singer notes that a certain institution "don't mean shit if you've got the right friends" and claims to be "the new folk hero of the Ku Klux Klan"; that version was rewritten to reference the Moscone-Milk assassinations by the Dead Kennedys. It was originally written by Sonny Curtis and recorded by the post-Buddy-Holly Crickets, though the first charting version was recorded by the Bobby Fuller Four. In the original version of this song, the singer twice admits "guess my race is run" and begins the song with the line "Breakin' rocks in the hot sun". For 10 points, identify this song most famously covered by The Clash, whose singer ultimately suffers the consequences of "robbin' people with a six-gun".
For some reason, the band Mary's Danish covered this song for the soundtrack to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie.
"I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)" [accept "I Fought the Law (and I Won)", since that's the title of the Dead Kennedys version]