Thela Hun Ginjeet
| "Thela Hun Ginjeet" | ||||
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| Single by King Crimson | ||||
| from the album Discipline | ||||
| B-side | "Elephant Talk" | |||
| Released | 1981 (Spain) | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
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| Length | 6:26 | |||
| Label | Warner Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp and Tony Levin | |||
| Producer(s) | King Crimson, Rhett Davies | |||
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"Thela Hun Ginjeet" is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1981 and on the album Discipline (1981). The song name is an anagram of "heat in the jungle", itself a euphemism for city-based crime. (The term "heat" is American slang for firearms or for police.)
While "Thela Hun Ginjeet" is in 4
4 time, Robert Fripp's electric guitar plays in 7
8 time during much of the song, creating a polymetric effect. The instrumental middle section of the song features a recording of Adrian Belew's voice, in which he describes being confronted by a British Jamaican street gang and subsequently the police while walking around Notting Hill Gate in London with a tape recorder.