What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Chuck D, also Bring the Noise, Bring the Noise (Anthrax) and Welcome to the Terrordome
Part of Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black, also By the Time I Get to Arizona, Can’t Truss It and Nighttrain
Released on Def Jam Recordings, also Diamonds (Rihanna), Fancy (Iggy Azalea) and Only Girl (In the World) (Rihanna)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Hank Shocklee wrote 7 of Public Enemy’s top 10 songs
Hank Shocklee wrote 55 songs on fono
Gary Rinaldo wrote 18 songs on fono
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Chuck D, Gary Rinaldo and Hank Shocklee
- Released on
- Columbia and Def Jam Recordings
- Written by
- Chuck D, Gary Rinaldo 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: Chuck D
Same writer: Gary Rinaldo
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Same label: Def Jam Recordings
Same writer: Chuck D
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Elsewhere
Sources (7)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz Shut Em Down was written by Chuck D
2MusicBrainz Shut Em Down was written by Gary Rinaldo
Shut Em Down was written by Gary Rinaldo
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Shut Em Down was written by Hank Shocklee
Shut Em Down was written by Hank Shocklee
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Shut Em Down is part of the release Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Shut Em Down is part of the release Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Shut Em Down
Columbia is the label of the song Shut Em Down
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Def Jam Recordings is the label of the song Shut Em Down
Def Jam Recordings is the label of the song Shut Em Down
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Shut Em Down was released on 1991-10-01