Fight the Power (album version)

~ Recording by Public Enemy

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.20Fight the Power4:42Public EnemyFear of a Black PlanetPublic EnemyAlbum
  • US1990-03-20
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)C 45413
1.16Fight the Power4:38Public EnemyThe History of Hip Hop 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-04-07
1.13Fight the Power4:39Public EnemyEssential R&B: The Very Best of R&B: Summer 2005Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-07-04
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)82876 707682
1.16Fight the Power4:38Public EnemyThe History of Hip Hop 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music B.V. (not for release label use! NL subsidiary of UMG)982 840-2
1.12Fight the Power4:36Public EnemyDef Jam Recordings 25th AnniversaryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-10-06
Def Jam Recordings (US)75188
1.12Fight the Power4:36Public EnemyDef Jam Recordings: 25th AnniversaryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-10-06
Def Jam Recordings (US)B0013378-02
1.12Fight the Power4:36Public EnemyDef Jam Recordings 25th Anniversary (disc 1)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-06-28
Def Jam Recordings (US)2717518
2.4Fight the Power4:37Public EnemyDef Jam Recordings 30th AnniversaryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-09-16
Def Jam Recordings (US)B0021486-02
4.12Fight the Power4:38Public EnemySmithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap (explicit)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2021-08-20
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)SFW CD 40230
Bootleg
1.3Fight the Power4:43Public EnemyMIXTAPE: Jon ChangVarious ArtistsCompilation
  • XW2011-10-05
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]

Relationships

producer:The Bomb Squad (production team)
Carl Ridenhour
Eric Sadler
Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1990)
sampled by:Give the People by EPMD
samples:Funky Drummer by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
part of:Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 2) (order: 2)
CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World (order: 3)
Grammy Award: Best Rap Performance nominees (number: 1990) (order: 6)
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 68) (order: 68)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 322) (order: 321)
purchase for download and streaming page:https://music.apple.com/gb/song/1809855563 [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1yo16b3u0lptm6Cs7lx4AD [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/7snNh7pPbyfRIeAgGGGIl4 [info]
recording of:Fight the Power

Fight the Power

writer:Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
Eric Sadler
Keith Shocklee
publisher:Island Music Ltd.