Jack the Ripper (song)
- for other uses, see Jack the Ripper fiction
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| Single by Screaming Lord Sutch | ||||
| B-side | "Don't You Just Know It" (UK) "I'm a Hog For You" (Germany) |
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| Released | March 1963 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | Holloway Road Islington, England |
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| Genre | Garage rock | |||
| Length | 2:48 | |||
| Label | Decca F 11598 (UK 7") DL 25202 (Germany 7") |
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| Writer(s) | Stacey, Hagen, Symonds | |||
| Producer | Joe Meek | |||
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"Jack the Ripper" is a song by English musician Screaming Lord Sutch, released as a 7" single in the UK and Germany in 1963 on Decca. It was produced by Joe Meek and recorded in his Holloway Road studio in Islington, England. The song was banned by the BBC upon its release.[1]
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[edit] Musical composition
"Jack the Ripper" is two minutes and forty-eight seconds long, in the key of B-flat major, and 4/4 time.
The song begins with the sound of footsteps and a woman screaming, followed by a rendition of the "Danger Ahead" motif by the guitar and drum kit, accompanied by a ghoulish moan from Screaming Lord Sutch. The song itself is a three-chord song, with a vamp played by guitar and bass, with accompaniment by piano and drum kit, which is repeated throughout.
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[edit] Cover versions
- In 1986, Canadian garage punk band The Gruesomes covered the song and released it on the Jack the Ripper EP.
- Detroit rock duo The White Stripes have performed a cover of "Jack the Ripper" live, incorporating the guitar riff from the "Peter Gunn" theme by Henry Mancini.[2]
- In 2006, English garage rock band The Horrors covered the song for the B-side of their debut single, "Sheena Is a Parasite", later included on their 2006 debut EP, The Horrors EP. A rerecorded version was later included on their 2007 debut album, Strange House.
- Others: The Fuzztones (1993), The Vice Principals (2000), Casey Jones and the Governors, The Revillos, The Phantoms, The One-Way Streets, The Beguiled (1988).
In 2008, The Fall covered the song on their Halloween show at Hackney Empire, as well as Black Lips.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Hai, Bali. "Screaming Lord Sutch: Sutch's Life" (in English). http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/docs/Sutch.html. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ^ Twitch. "6.1 The ever growing list of cover songs" (in English). SECTION 6 - SONG INFO. whitestripes.net. http://www.whitestripes.net/faq.php. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
