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- " Fight the Power " is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released as a single in the summer of 1989 on Motown Records.
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"Fight the Power" is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released as a single in the summer of 1989 on Motown Records. It was conceived at the request of film director Spike Lee, who sought a musical theme for his 1989 film Do the Right Thing.
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Jul 4, 2024 · Not only was it a signpost of the times, “Fight the Power” was a blueprint for serving music with a message to the 80s babies held hostage by R&B—Reagan and Bush.
- Jerry Barrow
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Jun 28, 2019 · Thirty years after it was released, Public Enemy’s Fight the Power is still a call to action. Dorian Lynskey explores how the iconic anthem of rage was created – and what it means now.
Spike Lee recalled in Public Enemy: Inside The Terrordome: "We knew ('Fight The Power') was coming out in the summer of 1989, and in the summertime, there's always one song in New York that, if it's a hit, you can hear everywhere: on the subway, cars, coming out of people's houses.
Jun 30, 2014 · When did the “Fight the Power” concept come up? Chuck D: We like to work from titles down, so we came up with “Fight the Power” first. It was inspired by the Isley Brothers’ song ...
Mar 3, 2018 · In June 1989 "Fight The Power" was released as a single from the soundtrack for Do The Right Thing, hitting No. 1 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.
“Fight the Power” is the twentieth track from American hip-hop group Public Enemy’s third studio album “Fear of a Black Planet”, released in 1990. “Fight the Power” comes from director Spike Lee approaching Public Enemy and asking them to create a song for one of his upcoming films: “Do the Right Thing”.
