A cover of the classic Rocksteady number Blam Blam Fever (also known as gun fever on some releases) originally by The Valentines in 1967. The track was has been covered in the two different incarnations of The Specials, the first version (with Neville Staples on vocals) was released in 2000 on the...
[Verse 1]
Did you ready the news? I'm a bit confused
The gun fever is back (The gun fever)
Rudeness and the gun, it's the talk of the town
The gun fever is back (The gun fever)
[Chorus]
Every time you read the Gleaner or Star
Man shot dead or brute gun at war
(It's the fever, the gun fever)
The simplest thing is blam blam blam
What is this in our little island?
(It's the fever, the gun fever)
[Verse 2]
You can know a rude chap by the way he sets his cap
The gun fever is back (The gun fever)
The rudie talk is seen, Lord, I don't know what it mean
The gun fever is back (The gun fever)
[Chorus]
Every time you read the Gleaner or Star
Man shot dead or brute gun at war
(It's the fever, the gun fever)
The simplest thing is blam blam blam
What is this in our little island?
(It's the fever, the gun fever)
[Verse 3]
What we gonna do 'bout Amendment Number Two?
The gun fever is back (The gun fever)
And we think it is obscene, you can buy AR-15
The gun fever is back (The gun fever)
[Chorus]
Every time you read the New York Times
17 dead in a schoolyard crime
(It's the fever, the gun fever)
The simplest thing is rah-tah-tah-tah-tat
NRA, how you deal with that?
(It's the fever, the gun fever)
[Outro]
It's the fever, the gun fever
It's the fever, the gun fever
Blam Blam Fever was written by Earl Grant.
Blam Blam Fever was produced by Roger Lomas.
The Specials released Blam Blam Fever on Fri Feb 01 2019.