"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.
[1] The song features a simple, yet eerie guitar melody, which is quasi-Arabic in style (hence the title), a repetitive bass riff played by Summers himself because of Sting opting out,[2] 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.
Stewart Copeland was not in favour of the song either: "As hard done by as I ever felt in this band, I could always take comfort in the fact that Andy got shafted even worse than I did on that little instrumental.