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Tears of a Clown

Certain Songs #424: The English Beat – “Tears of a Clown”

January 18, 2016 by Jim Connelly

English beat tears of a clown Album: I Just Can’t Stop It
Year: 1980

Because future “Certain Songs” subject “Tears of a Clown” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles is perhaps the single greatest recording to come out of Motown, the degree of difficulty involved with covering it is extremely high.

And The Beat just nail it: reinterpreting with the same deftness that Jimi Hendrix electrified “All Along The Watchtower” or Hüsker Dü recontextualized “Eight Miles High.”

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Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: I Just Can't Stop It, Tears of a Clown, The English Beat

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