"Thela Hun Ginjeet" is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1981 and on the album ''

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'' (1981). The song name is an

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of "heat in the jungle", which is a reference to crime in the city. (The term "heat" is American slang for firearms or for police.) While most of the instruments are in time, Robert Fripp's electric guitar plays in time during part of the song, creating an unusual effect. In the middle of the song, voice recordings are heard. Adrian Belew talks about his experiences with London Rastafarians and the police, while he was trying to get voice recordings for the song.

Live versions

During their tour for the ''Discipline'' and '' Beat'' albums, Belew would tell the story while the song was being performed. During the ''Beat'' tour, the story-telling was somewhat improvised. In later live performances, beginning on the ''Three of a Perfect Pair'' tour, as evidenced by the performance on '' Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal'', the storytelling was dropped, leaving only the sung lyrics. The storytelling re-appeared on the Double Trio tours (cf. ''

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'') but it was in the form of a backing tape identical to the album version.

Cover versions

* Groups with ''

''-era King Crimson members (e.g.

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, Stick Men, The Crimson ProjeKCt) have covered the song live. * Les Claypool has covered this song live, along with Primus, his musical project Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (included on their live album ''

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''), and The Claypool Lennon Delirium.

Track listing

7" version

#"Thela Hun Ginjeet" ( Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin) #"

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" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)

12" version

#"Thela Hun Ginjeet" (dance mix) (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) #"Elephant Talk" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin) #" Indiscipline" (Belew, Bruford, Fripp, Levin)

Personnel

* Robert Fripp – guitar * Adrian Belew – guitar,

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* Tony Levin – bass guitar, backing vocals * Bill Bruford –

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Notes

{{Authority control King Crimson songs 1981 singles Songs written by Adrian Belew Songs written by Bill Bruford Songs written by Robert Fripp Songs written by Tony Levin 1981 songs Warner Records singles