"Return of Django" is a 1969

instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...

"The Upsetter" Black Music (January 1975)
"Perry says the song was his was of expressing how he felt about the way Clement Dodd (Sir Coxsone) had treated him financially while he had been working for Dodd. It spoke of revenge: "You take people for fool, yeah / And use them as a tool, yeah / But I am the av-en-ger..." by

the Upsetters The Upsetters was the name given to the house band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The name of the band comes from Perry's nickname of Upsetter, after his song "I Am the Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Cox ...

, a studio band, led by

Lee "Scratch" Perry Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, composer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development o ...

, who wrote and produced the song. Backed with "Dollar in the Teeth", it made #5 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

Use in popular culture

*'' Grand Theft Auto: London 1969'' uses both Return of Django and Dollar in the Teeth on one of its stations. *Return of Django appears in the film ''

This Is England ''This Is England'' is a 2006 British drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows. The story centres on young skinheads in England in 1983. The film illustrates how their subculture, which has its roots in 1960s West Indies culture, especi ...

''. *The UK

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used this for an advert in 2004.

References

{{reflist, 2 1960s instrumentals 1969 singles 1969 songs Songs written by Lee "Scratch" Perry