Bring the Noise
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Artwork of the UK commercial vinyl single
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| Single by Public Enemy | ||||
| from the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Less Than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
| A-side | "Are You My Woman?" (by The Black Flames) (US single) | |||
| B-side | "Sophisticated" (UK single) | |||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Format | 12" | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Def Jam | |||
| Writer(s) | Carl Ridenhour, Hank Shocklee, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, James Brown, George Clinton | |||
| Producer(s) | The Bomb Squad | |||
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| Single by Anthrax featuring Chuck D | ||||||||||
| from the album Attack of the Killer B's (Anthax album) and Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (Public Enemy album) | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Keep It in the Family (Live)" "I'm the Man '91" |
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| Released | July 8, 1991 | |||||||||
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10" CD |
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| Genre | Rap metal | |||||||||
| Length | 3:34 | |||||||||
| Label | Island | |||||||||
| Writer(s) |
Joey Belladonna Dan Spitz Scott Ian Frank Bello Charlie Benante Carl Ridenhour Hank Shocklee Eric "Vietnam" Sadler |
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| Producer(s) |
Anthrax Mark Dodson |
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"Bring the Noise" is a song by the American hip hop group Public Enemy. It was included on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Less Than Zero and was also released as a single that year. It later became the first song on the group's 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The single reached #56 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
The song's lyrics, most of which are delivered by Chuck D with interjections from Flavor Flav, include boasts of Public Enemy's prowess, an endorsement of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, retorts to unspecified critics, and arguments for rap as a legitimate musical genre on par with rock. The lyrics also have a notable metrical complexity, making extensive use of meters like dactylic hexameter. The title phrase appears in the chorus. The song includes several shout-outs to artists like Run–D.M.C., Eric B, LL Cool J and, unusually for a rap group, Yoko Ono and thrash metal band Anthrax, allegedly because Chuck D was flattered about Scott Ian wearing Public Enemy shirts while performing Anthrax gigs. Anthrax would later collaborate with Chuck D to cover the song.
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