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Facts[]

Original version[]

  • Composed by: Bob Marley
  • Lyrics by: Bob Marley
  • Produced: Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Year: recorded September 1975, released 1976
  • Length: 3:11
  • Musical key: F sharp minor (live G minor, from 1978)
  • Recorded at: Harry J. Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
  • Mixed at: Criteria Studios, Miami,FL (USA) by Aston "Familyman" Barrett and Chris Blackwell
  • Released on following albums: Rastaman Vibration (1976)
  • Released on following compilations: Rebel Music (1986), Songs Of Freedom (1992), Gold (2005)
  • Lineup:
  • Period of performances: 1976 - 1980

Long version[]

Alternate mix[]

  • same info as original version, different mixing and slightly shorter (3:06 min)
  • released on Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition, 2002)

Live performances[]

Rehearsal performances[]

Trivia[]

  • often also spelled as "Crazy Baldheads".
  • performed on most concerts of the Kaya Tour (1978), the Babylon By Bus Tour (1979) and the Survival Tour (1979).
  • mostly performed as medley along with "Running Away", except for the performances on the Rastaman Vibration Tour (1976), where it was performed as a stand-alone song.
  • this song is clearly a defiant stand against Babylon's baldheads.

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