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"I Shot the Sheriff"
German vinyl release
Single by Bob Marley and the Wailers
from the album Burnin'
Released
12 February 1973[1]
Studio
Harry J. Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
Genre
Reggae
Length
4:41
Label
Tuff Gong
Island
Songwriter(s)
Bob Marley
Producer(s)
Chris Blackwell
The Wailers
Bob Marley and the Wailers singles chronology
"Keep On Moving" (1972)
"I Shot the Sheriff" (1973)
"Concrete Jungle" (1973)
Audio
"I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley and the Wailers on YouTube
Live video
"I Shot the Sheriff" (1977 live) by Bob Marley and the Wailers on YouTube
"I Shot the Sheriff" is a song written by Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley and released in 1973 with his band the Wailers.
^"Bob Marley & the Wailers – I Shot the Sheriff". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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