"Killing in the Name"
Single by Rage Against the Machine
from the album Rage Against the Machine
Released	1993
Format	CD, 7", 12"
Genre	[[]] heavy metal
Length	5 min 14 s
Label	Pid
Producer(s)	Garth "GGGarth" Richardson, Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine singles chronology
"Killing in the Name" (1993) "Bombtrack" (1993)

"Killing in the Name" was the first single released by Rage Against the Machine from their self-titled album, and is arguably the band's signature song. On 31 August 1999, it was reissued together with two previously unreleased tracks, "Darkness of Greed" and "Clear the Lane". Image File history File links Killinginthename. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Rage Against the Machine (also Rage and RATM) is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band, noted for their blend of hip hop, hard rock, punk and funk as well as their revolutionary politics and lyrics. ... Rage Against the Machine is the debut album by rock band Rage Against the Machine, released November 3, 1992. ... See also: 1993 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1993 Record labels established in 1993 // Date Unknown- Christian Rock label Tooth and Nail Records is formed. ... A compact disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... 12 single for U2s Beautiful Day The 12-inch [30 cm] single gramophone record came into existence with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... Look up second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Garth GGGarth Richardson is a music producer and engineer. ... Rage Against the Machine (also Rage and RATM) is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band, noted for their blend of hip hop, hard rock, punk and funk as well as their revolutionary politics and lyrics. ... Rage Against the Machine (also Rage and RATM) is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band, noted for their blend of hip hop, hard rock, punk and funk as well as their revolutionary politics and lyrics. ... This article is about the Rage Against the Machine single. ... Rage Against the Machine (also Rage and RATM) is a Grammy Award-winning American rock band, noted for their blend of hip hop, hard rock, punk and funk as well as their revolutionary politics and lyrics. ... Rage Against the Machine is the debut album by rock band Rage Against the Machine, released November 3, 1992. ... is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

Lyrics

The song essentially uses five lines of text in various combinations to build energy and express the song writer's inner message. The lines are:

• "Killing in the name of--!"
• "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses...UHH"
• "And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control"
• "Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites" Which also alternates to "Justified are those who died, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites" every other time
• "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me Mother Fucker" (16 times)

It is notable that in most versions of the album's lyrics booklet, the lyrics to this song are not included.

Live performances

Zack de la Rocha sometimes changes the lyrics in the second verse from "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses" to "Some of those that burn crosses are the same that hold office" when playing live. It is also sometimes changed to "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn churches." Zacarías Manuel Zack de la Rocha (born January 12, 1970 in Long Beach, California) is a rapper, musician, poet and activist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of Rage Against the Machine. ...

Critical appreciation

"Killing in the Name" was placed at number 89 on "100 Greatest Guitar Solos", a poll made by Guitar World. Q magazine placed "Killing in the Name" at number 24 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks and at number 99 in its list of the 100 greatest songs ever. Two issues of Guitar World featuring Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix on the covers, and the accompanying CDs (May 2005, October 2005) Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ...

Other appearances

The band Audioslave, which incorporated all but one member of Rage Against the Machine, played the song at multiple shows."Killing in the Name" is featured on fictional alternative rock station Radio X in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas^[1] and is used as a bumper song on The Jim Rome Show. Audioslave was an alternative/hard rock supergroup that consisted of the instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello (guitar), Tim Commerford (bass and back-up vocals) and Brad Wilk (drums), together with Chris Cornell of Soundgarden (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) as their lead singer. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Radio X could refer to: An Internet radio station and soon-to-be-off-air low-power FM radio station in Ridge, New York [1]. A radio station in the computer game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the fifth video game in the Grand Theft Auto series. ... The Jim Rome Show is a sports radio talk show hosted by Jim Rome. ...

A note-for-note cover version of "Killing in the Name" is a playable song in the Guitar Hero II video game for Playstation 2 and Xbox 360, as a part of the unlockable song list. It is found in the 5.Return of the Shred list on the PS2 version and in the 6.Relentless Riffs list on the Xbox 360 version. However the song's lyrics are altered to remove the expletives, replacing "fuck you" with "now you're under control." .^[2][3] In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Guitar Hero II is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems and published by RedOctane. ... “PS2” redirects here. ... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ...

In July 2007 a remix of this song by Mr. Oizo was Zane Lowe's "Hottest Record in the World" on his show on BBC Radio 1.^[4]. It is now getting daytime airplay on the station. Mr. ... Zane Lowe (born Alexander Zane Reid Lowe on 7 August 1973) also known as Zipper is a radio DJ and television presenter. ... This page redirects from Radio 1. See Radio 1 (disambiguation). ...

References

v • d • e Rage Against the Machine
Members	Tim Commerford | Zack de la Rocha | Tom Morello | Brad Wilk
Discography	Studio Albums: Rage Against the Machine | Evil Empire | The Battle of Los Angeles | Renegades Live Albums: Live & Rare | Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium Singles: 1993: "Killing in the Name", "Bullet in the Head", "Bombtrack" | 1994: "Freedom" | 1996: "Bulls on Parade", "People of the Sun", "Down Rodeo", "Tire Me" | 1997: "Vietnow" | 1998: "The Ghost of Tom Joad", "No Shelter" | 1999: "Guerrilla Radio" | 2000: "Sleep Now in the Fire", "Testify", "Calm Like a Bomb", "Renegades of Funk" | 2001: "How I Could Just Kill a Man"
Videography	Videos and DVDs: Rage Against the Machine | The Battle of Mexico City | Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
Related	Rage Against the Machine albums | Rage Against the Machine songs | Inside Out | Lock Up | Audioslave | The Nightwatchman