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Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

1989 song performed by Public Enemy
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Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

Summary

Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos's genre is protest song[4].
  • Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos followed Night of the Living Baseheads[5].
  • Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos was followed by Fight the Power[6].
  • Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos was produced by Rick Rubin[7].
  • Among the performers on Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos was Public Enemy[8].
  • Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos's record label is recorded as Def Jam Recordings[9].
  • Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos is part of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back[10].
  • Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos was published on 1989[11].
  • Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos's form of creative work is recorded as song[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: 8d7d9de7-cf78-32cf-9dd8-db936a6cb6f2[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos was performed by Public Enemy[8]. It was produced by Rick Rubin[7].

Publication

Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos was released on 1989[11]. Its genre is protest song[4]. It is part of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos followed Night of the Living Baseheads[5]. It was followed by Fight the Power[6].

Why It Matters

Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month).[2]

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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.

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