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Today's Morning Edition music features "I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton, which was the No. 1 song on the charts 40 years ago today. It was the first song by Clapton to make it to No. 1. 

The tune was written and released a year earlier by Bob Marley. Marley said, "I wanted to say I shot the police, but the government would have made a fuss, so I said I shot the sheriff instead, but it's the same idea: justice."

Here's a video clip of Clapton performing the song in 2010.

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Today's Morning Edition music features "I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton, which was the No. 1 song on the charts 40 years ago today.

Today's Morning Edition music is from 40 years ago today, the number one song on the charts was "I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton. It was the first song by Clapton to make it to number one.  The tune was written and released a year earlier by Bob Marley.  Marley says "I wanted to say I shot the police, but the government would have made a fuss, so I said I shot the sheriff instead, but it's the same idea: justice."

Today's music: When Clapton topped the charts with a Marley song

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