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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Eric Sadler, also Bring the Noise, Bring the Noise (Anthrax) and Welcome to the Terrordome
Produced by Hank Shocklee, also Bring the Noise, Fight the Power and Rebel Without a Pause
Part of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, also Bring the Noise, Rebel Without a Pause and Night of the Living Baseheads
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Eric Sadler wrote 10 of Public Enemy’s top 10 songs
Hank Shocklee produced 8 of Public Enemy’s top 10 songs
Eric Sadler wrote 64 songs on fono
Hank Shocklee wrote 55 songs on fono
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Chuck D, Eric Sadler, Flavor Flav and Hank Shocklee
- Produced by
- Chuck D and Hank Shocklee
- Released on
- Columbia and Def Jam Recordings
- Written by
- Chuck D, Eric Sadler, Flavor Flav and Hank Shocklee
- Produced by
- Chuck D and Hank Shocklee
- Released on
- Columbia and Def Jam Recordings
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Eric Sadler
Same label: Columbia
Same label: Def Jam Recordings
Same writer: Eric Sadler
Same producer: Hank Shocklee
Same label: Columbia
Same release: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Same label: Def Jam Recordings
Versions, samples and covers
- SamplesI Got Ants in My Pants, Part 1
- SamplesSynthetic Substitution
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Don’t Believe the Hype samples I Got Ants in My Pants, Part 1
Don’t Believe the Hype samples I Got Ants in My Pants, Part 1
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2MusicBrainz Don’t Believe the Hype samples Synthetic Substitution
Don’t Believe the Hype samples Synthetic Substitution
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3MusicBrainz Don’t Believe the Hype was produced by Chuck D
Don’t Believe the Hype was produced by Chuck D
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4MusicBrainz Don’t Believe the Hype was produced by Hank Shocklee
Don’t Believe the Hype was produced by Hank Shocklee
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5MusicBrainz Don’t Believe the Hype was written by Chuck D
Don’t Believe the Hype was written by Chuck D
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6MusicBrainz Don’t Believe the Hype was written by Eric Sadler
Don’t Believe the Hype was written by Eric Sadler
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7MusicBrainz Don’t Believe the Hype was written by Flavor Flav
Don’t Believe the Hype was written by Flavor Flav
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8MusicBrainz Don’t Believe the Hype was written by Hank Shocklee
Don’t Believe the Hype was written by Hank Shocklee
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9MusicBrainz Don’t Believe the Hype is part of the release It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Don’t Believe the Hype is part of the release It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
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10MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Don’t Believe the Hype
Columbia is the label of the song Don’t Believe the Hype
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11MusicBrainz Def Jam Recordings is the label of the song Don’t Believe the Hype
Def Jam Recordings is the label of the song Don’t Believe the Hype
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12MusicBrainz Don’t Believe the Hype was released on 1988-06-28
Don’t Believe the Hype was released on 1988-06-28
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