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
1.20Fight the Power4:43Public EnemyFear of a Black Planet (disc printed light blue on dark blue background)Public EnemyAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)CK 45413
1.20Fight the Power4:45Public EnemyFear of a Black PlanetPublic EnemyAlbum
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997), Def Jam Recordings (US)CSCS 5102
1.20Fight the Power4:43Public EnemyFear Of A Black Planet (disc printed dark blue on light blue background)Public EnemyAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)CK 45413
1.20Fight the Power4:43Public EnemyFear of a Black PlanetPublic EnemyAlbum
  • AU1994-11-21
Def Jam Recordings (US)523 446-2
1.20Fight the Power4:43Public EnemyFear of a Black PlanetPublic EnemyAlbum
  • XE1994-11-22
Def Jam Recordings (US)523 446-2
2.15Fight the Power4:37Public EnemyMagic Hip Hop 5Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media488230-2, SMM 488230 2
2.3Fight the Power4:37Public EnemyIcon 2Public EnemyAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-03-11
Def Jam Recordings (US)B0020025-02
1.20Fight the Power4:45Public EnemyFear of a Black Planet (deluxe edition)Public EnemyAlbum
  • US2014-11-24
Def Jam Recordings (US)
1.1Fight the Power4:39Public EnemyHip Hop: The Golden Era 1979–1999Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2018-04-27
Universal Music on Demand, Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK)5383051
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
1.20Fight the Power4:45Public EnemyFear of a Black PlanetPublic EnemyAlbum
Def Jam Recordings (US)314 523 446-2
Bootleg
1.13Fight the Power4:47Public EnemyThe Best OfPublic EnemyAlbum + Compilation
Def Jam Recordings (bootlegs, counterfeits, pirate compilations pretending to be the real label)CDM02, SS-0297-0020
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: 324)
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.