Thela Hun Ginjeet


"Thela Hun Ginjeet" is a single by the band King Crimson, released in 1981 and on the album Discipline. The song name is an anagram of "heat in the jungle", which is a reference to crime in the city.
While most of the instruments are in common time| time, Robert Fripp's electric guitar plays in septuple meter| time during part of the song, creating an unusual effect. In the middle of the song, voice recordings are heard. Adrian Belew talks about his experiences with London Rastafarians and the police, while he was trying to get voice recordings for the song.

Live versions

During their tour for the Discipline and Beat albums, Belew would tell the story while the song was being performed. During the Beat tour, the story-telling was somewhat improvised. In later live performances, beginning on the Three of a Perfect Pair tour, as evidenced by the performance on , the storytelling was dropped, leaving only the sung lyrics.
The storytelling re-appeared on the Double Trio tours but it was in the form of a backing tape identical to the album version.

Cover versions

7" version

  1. "Thela Hun Ginjeet"
  2. "Elephant Talk"

    12" version

  3. "Thela Hun Ginjeet"
  4. "Elephant Talk"
  5. "Indiscipline"

    Personnel