Killing in the Name
~ Recording by Rage Against the Machine
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | CZK 52959 |
| 20.14 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.) | JXK 65750 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine XX | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88765412342 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 4.17 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Greatest Hits of Modern Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| additional assistant recording engineer: | Craig Doubet (recording engineer) |
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| assistant recording engineer: | Jeff Sheehan |
| recording engineer: | GGGarth (Canadian music producer and engineer) Stan Katayama |
| producer: | GGGarth (Canadian music producer and engineer) Rage Against the Machine |
| mixer: | Andy Wallace (engineer) |
| drums (drum set): | Brad Wilk |
| electric bass guitar: | Tim Commerford |
| electric guitar: | Tom Morello |
| lead vocals: | Zack de la Rocha |
| arranger: | Rage Against the Machine |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Epic Records (a division of Sony Music Entertainment; holding company, not a release label) (in 1992) 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 1992) |
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| recorded at: | Scream Studios in Studio City Sound City Studios in Van Nuys |
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| mixed at: | Quantum Sound Studios in Jersey City |
| part of: | Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 8) (order: 8) NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (2012-10-25) (number: 32) (order: 32) Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 38) (order: 38) Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (2026-05-04) (number: 44) (order: 44) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 207) (order: 207) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/3FUS56gKr9mVBmzvlnodlh [info] |
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| stream video for free: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ [info] |
| recording of: | Killing in the Name |
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Related works
Killing in the Name
| lyricist: | Zack de la Rocha |
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| composer: | Tim Commerford Tom Morello Zack de la Rocha Brad Wilk |
| publisher: | Retribution Music Wixen Music Publishing (American music publishing company, affiliated to BMI) |
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| later translated parody versions: | Pullern in den Kochtopf |
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| later translated versions: | La Rage (Reich et Gain De Machine) |
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