Get Myself Arrested

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"Get Myself Arrested"
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Single by Gomez
from the album Bring It On
Released1 June 1998
Recorded1996–1997
Genre Indie rock
Length4:19
Label Hut Records
Songwriter(s) Ian Ball, Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock
Producer(s) Gomez, Ken Nelson
Gomez singles chronology
"78 Stone Wobble"
(1998)
"Get Myself Arrested"
(1998)
"Whippin' Piccadilly"
(1998)

"Get Myself Arrested" is a song by Gomez. It appears on their 1998 Mercury Prize-winning album Bring It On. [1] It was released as a single on 1 June 1998, reaching #45 in the UK.

Contents

Track listings

  1. "Get Myself Arrested" - 4:05
  2. "Flavours" - 3:11
  3. "Old School Shirt" - 3:30
  4. "The Cowboy Song" - 1:16

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 19

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