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Fight the Power

1989 single by Public Enemy
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Fight the Power

Summary

Fight the Power is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (965 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fight the Power's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Fight the Power's genre is hip-hop[4].
  • Fight the Power followed Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos[5].
  • Among the performers on Fight the Power was Public Enemy[6].
  • Fight the Power's record label is recorded as Motown[7].
  • Fight the Power is part of Fear of a Black Planet[8].
  • Fight the Power was released on June 1989[9].
  • Fight the Power's ranking is recorded as {'amount': '+40'}[10].
  • Fight the Power's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fight the Power'}[11].
  • Fight the Power's samples from work is recorded as Funky Drummer[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7e9d3d48-3b67-3cd7-98d6-3201ee40b233[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Fight the Power was Public Enemy[6].

Publication

Fight the Power was published on June 1989[9]. Its genre is hip-hop[4]. It is part of Fear of a Black Planet[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Fight the Power followed Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos[5].

Why It Matters

Fight the Power ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (965 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Related Entities

Motown Public Enemy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Fight the Power. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fight-the-power
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fight-the-power_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Fight the Power}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fight-the-power}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 15d ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → single
    Follows → —
    Genre → hip-hop
    Follows → Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: fight-the-power-song"
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