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The Specials: Rat Race

  • Music Video
  • 1980
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The Specials: Rat Race (1980)
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The music video for The Specials' 1980 single "Rat Race", with the band in a school gymnasium dressed as stereotypical teachers.The music video for The Specials' 1980 single "Rat Race", with the band in a school gymnasium dressed as stereotypical teachers.The music video for The Specials' 1980 single "Rat Race", with the band in a school gymnasium dressed as stereotypical teachers.

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    • The Specials
    • John Bradbury
    • Roddy Byers
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      • The Specials
      • John Bradbury
      • Roddy Byers
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    The Specials
    The Specials
    • The Specials
    John Bradbury
    • John Bradbury
    Roddy Byers
    • Roddy Byers
    Jerry Dammers
    • Jerry Dammers
    Lynval Golding
    Lynval Golding
    • Lynval Golding
    Terry Hall
    Terry Hall
    • Terry Hall
    Horace Panter
    • Horace Panter
    Neville Staple
    • Neville Staple
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    • Trivia
      The video was filmed at Lanchester Polytechnic, where keyboardist Jerry Dammers and bassist Horace Panter had studied.
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      Rat Race
      Written by Roddy Byers
      Performed by The Specials.

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    • Release date
      • May 1980 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Coventry, England, UK(Coventry University)
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      • 2-Tone Records
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      3 minutes
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      • Color

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