Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Released July 4, 1989
Format 7″Cassette
Genre Hip hop, Political hip hop
Length 5:23 (soundtrack version)
4:42 (album version)
Label Motown
This song was a soundtrack cut from the Spike Lee movie “Do The Right Thing” at the time PE was on Def Jam records but the song was on Motown. While soundtracks don’t usually do that well, this song was one of their biggest hits. They make negative references to Elvis Presley and John Wayne in the song that just 10 years before would have wreaked havoc. The one thing I remember most about the song was the opening of the movie when Rosie Perez danced to the entire song.
