Behind My Camel
"Behind My Camel" is the eighth track from the 1980 album Zenyatta Mondatta by the English rock band the Police. The song was written by guitarist Andy Summers and was the first one to be composed solely by him during his career in the Police. It won the Grammy [Awards of 1982|Grammy Award of 1982] for the Grammy Award for [Best Rock Instrumental Performance|Best Rock Instrumental Performance].
The song features a simple, yet eerie guitar melody, which is quasi-Arabic in style, a repetitive bass riff played by Summers himself because of Sting opting out, drums played by Stewart Copeland, and atmospheric keyboards.
Ultimate Classic Rock critic Mike Duquette called it "one of the more accomplished Police instrumentals, thanks to Summers’ Eastern-influenced guitar work."
Response of other band members
"Behind My Camel" was not very popular with the two other band members, especially Sting.Stewart Copeland was not in favour of the song either:
In Chris Campion's Police biography Walking on the Moon, Police producer Nigel Gray believes that the title was an in-joke by Andy Summers: