Return of Django (instrumental) explained
"Return of Django" is a 1969 instrumental[2] [3] [4] by the Upsetters, a studio band, led by Lee "Scratch" Perry, who wrote and produced the song. Backed with "Dollar in the Teeth", it made #5 on the UK Singles Chart.[5]
Use in popular culture
- uses both Return of Django and Dollar in the Teeth on one of its stations.[6]
- Return of Django appears in the film This Is England.[6]
- The UK Inland Revenue used this for an advert in 2004.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Upsetters* - Return Of Django. 1969 . Discogs. 9 July 2013.
- John Masouri Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers 2008 - Page 78 "CHAPTER FIVE Upsettin' LEE Perry used Family Man and other members of the Hippy Boys on the majority of his ... him for 'Prince In The Back'), and J. J. Johnson, for whom he voiced the acrimonious 'Run For Cover', aimed at Coxsone."
- Stephen Davis, Peter Simon Reggae international 1982 - Page 81 "By the time [1969] the Wailers first threw their lot in with Lee Perry, Lee had built up a well- deserved reputation through his stewardship with ... singles directed at Coxsone, "Run for Cover" and "The Upsetter," which became a smash hit."
- https://web.archive.org/web/20181118164634/http://www.upsetter.net/scratch/words/article_gayle.htm "The Upsetter" Black Music (January 1975)
- Book: Roberts
, David
. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 576.
- Web site: The-Upsetters. Planetradiocity.com. 9 July 2013.
- Web site: Music in Inland Revenue TV Adverts & Commercials. Songofthesalesman.co.uk. 9 July 2013.
