You're under Arrest (album)

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You're Under Arrest
Studio album by Miles Davis
Released	September 9, 1985
Recorded	January 26, 1984 - January 14, 1985
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:02
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Miles Davis and Robert Irving III
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (mixed) link
Miles Davis chronology
Decoy (1984) You're Under Arrest (1985) Tutu (1986)
You're Under Arrest
Back cover artwork.

You're Under Arrest is a 1985 album recorded by Miles Davis that saw Miles mix pop tunes with political statements about racism, pollution and war. Among other tracks, the album featured Davis' interpretations of two contemporary pop songs: Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" and Michael Jackson's "Human Nature", for which he would receive much criticism in the jazz press, although the record was otherwise well-reviewed.^{[citation needed]}

During the recording sessions, Darryl Jones introduced Sting to his longtime idol Miles Davis. Sting was bewildered when Davis asked him if he could speak French, and since he did, to translate the Miranda warning into French and yell it into the microphone against a backing track.

[edit] Track listing

1. "One Phone Call"/"Street Scenes" (Davis)
2. "Human Nature" (John Bettis, Steve Porcaro)
3. "Intro: MD 1"/"Something's On Your Mind"/"MD 2" (Davis, Hubert Eaves III)
4. "Ms. Morrisine" (Davis, Hubert Eaves III)
5. "Katia Prelude" (Davis, Hubert Eaves III)
6. "Katia" (Davis, Hubert Eaves III)
7. "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper)
8. "You're Under Arrest" (John Scofield)
9. "Medley: Jean Pierre"/"You're Under Arrest"/"Then There Were None" (Davis, Robert Irving III, John Scofield)

[edit] Credits

• Produced by Miles Davis and Robert Irving III.
• Co-produced by Vince Wilburn, Jr.
• Producer: Dr. George Butler

• Miles Davis: Trumpet, "Police Voices, Davis Voices" on track 1
• John McLaughlin:Guitar
• John Scofield:Guitar
• Bob Berg: Soprano sax
• Al Foster: Drums
• Robert Irving III: Synthesizers
• Darryl Jones, A/K/A "The Munch:" Bass
• John Scofield: Guitar
• Steve Thorton: Percussion, Spanish voice on track 1
• Sting (under his real name Gordon Sumner): French policeman's voice on track 1
• Marek Olko: Polish voice on track 1
• James Prindiville, A/K/A "J.R.:" Handcuffs on track 1