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2:53

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Interesting facts and trivia about Behind My Camel. By Songfacts®.

This instrumental from The Police's third album Zenyatta Mondatta was written by their guitarist, Andy Summers, who explained in his Songfacts interview how he came up with it. "I was thinking about something that was sort of edgy. Like a horror movie," he said. "I wanted something with a lot of atmosphere."

The title was chosen because of the Middle Eastern sound of the song.

This won the Grammy award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The Police took the same award the previous year for "Reggatta de Blanc."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Behind My Camel.
GKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
85BPM

Album

The album Behind My Camel is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Behind My Camel.
Polydor Records
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℗ 2003 A&M Records

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