1983 single by Stewart Copeland & Stan Ridgway
"Don't Box Me In" |
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Single by Stewart Copeland & Stan Ridgway |
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from the album Rumble Fish (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
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B-side | "Drama at Home" |
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Released | 1983 (1983) |
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Genre | New wave |
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Length | 4:10 |
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Label | A&M |
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Songwriter(s) | Stewart Copeland, Stan Ridgway |
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Producer(s) | Stewart Copeland |
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Stewart Copeland singles chronology |
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"Rich in a Ditch" (1980) | "Don't Box Me In" (1983) | "Koteja" (1985) | |
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Stan Ridgway singles chronology |
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| "Don't Box Me In" (1983) | "The Big Heat" (1985) | |
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"Don't Box Me In" is a collaboration between the Police drummer Stewart Copeland and former Wall of Voodoo vocalist Stan Ridgway, recorded as part of the soundtrack for the Francis Ford Coppola movie Rumble Fish and subsequently released as a single. Copeland plays guitar, drums, bass and keyboards, and Ridgway sings and plays harmonica. A music video for the song directed by Howard Deutch, where footage from Rumble Fish is interspersed with black and white images of Ridgway and Copeland in the studio, received significant airplay on MTV. The song peaked at #91 in the UK singles chart in 1983.
Chart positions
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
UK Singles Chart[1] | 91 |
References
- ^ "Stewart Copeland And Stan Ridgway – Don't Box Me In". officialcharts.com. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
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with Pietra Wexstun | - Blood
- Silly Songs for Kids, Volume One
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Wall of Voodoo | Studio albums | |
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