2005Released
3:51

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Interesting facts and trivia about Dirty Harry. By Songfacts®.

This song is named after the 1971 movie Dirty Harry, starring Clint Eastwood, who is also the subject of another Gorillaz song named after him.

The lyrics suggest that American president George W. Bush doesn't care about the soldiers in the middle-east: "The war is over so said the speaker, with a flight suit on, maybe to him I'm just a pawn." The words "Dirty Harry" do not appear in the lyrics, but the reference to Clint Eastwood's gun-toting vigilante character implies that this is the way much of the world sees Bush.

Bootie Brown from the Pharcyde does a rap in this song and also appears in the video. The video is mostly animated, but Brown appears in real form.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Dirty Harry.
A♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
96BPM

Album

The album Dirty Harry is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Dirty Harry.
Parlophone UK
© 2005 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
℗ 2005 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

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