Because RATM is one of the greatest albums of all time and screaming "Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me" is massively badass.
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And many people don't actually understand their political stance. People actually got mad they "became political".
What do you mean? They weren't political back then.
/S haha.
Killing in the Name was Christmas Number 1 in 2009, it was a protest against X Factor domination. That was before streaming counted towards the charts, but it really made the song huge.
It was a great upset. And then for #1 spot on the UK Christmas charts, BBC invited RATM to play the song live. They were asked to keep it censored, of course they did not. Show was awkwardly cut short. Performance went viral. The rest is history.
Yeah, that happened. It isn’t what made the song huge though. It was was a massive hit and a rebellion anthem since 1992. The 2009 Christmas blip was so minor, Morello decided to give the earnings away to charity.
Saw them in concert in ‘94. Zach tried to start a riot against the cops. I was young, scared, thought he was wrong.
He was right
Gonna give another interesting take,
RATM’s eponymous album considered to have one of the best Mix and Master ever, so we sound engineers use that exact track to test and calibrate different sound systems. I always play Killing in the Name first to hear what’s different in a sound system. I’m sure me only contributed around 5k of that stat over the years.
Damn that's a cool take I had never known about - thanks for that
I wonder why this song has so many plays?
To answer your question, I'd say no: you do not wonder why this song has so many plays.
Glad I could help answer that question.
there was just a tiny bit of sarcasm with that question
How many angry teens retreat to their room and hit it up on the stereo after their mum has told them to bring her their dirty laundry?