City of Crime (song)

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"City of Crime"
Single by Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd
from the album Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack "Dragnet"
Released1987
Studio MCA Records
Genre Pop rap
Length3:34
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Peter Aykroyd, Dan Aykroyd, Pat Thrall

City of Crime is a single performed by actors Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd that was released as the soundtrack song to the 1987 film Dragnet . [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Music video

The dance choreography was by singer Paula Abdul. [4]

Reception

The song received a mostly negative reception from critics. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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