"You're Gonna Get Yours" (sometimes subtitled "My 98 Oldsmobile") is a 1987 single by hip hop group Public Enemy from their debut album Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987).[1] Chuck D references the Oldsmobile 98 automobile in the song's lyrics.[2] It peaked at number 88 on the UK Singles Chart.[3][4] According to Rolling Stone, the song helped Chuck D and production team Bomb Squad "[introduce] an intense, booming new sound and an urgent social and political message to rap music".[1]
| "You're Gonna Get Yours" | ||||
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| Single by Public Enemy | ||||
| from the album Yo! Bum Rush the Show | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | Def Jam | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Public Enemy singles chronology | ||||
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MARRS sampled the song in their 1987 hit single "Pump Up the Volume".[5] Public Enemy fans Red Hot Chili Peppers have been known to use the song as an intro jam during live performances of their own song, "Give It Away".[6][7]
The song was also featured in the 1999 British-Irish independent film Human Traffic.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Blashill, Pat; De Curtis, Anthony; Edmonds, Ben; Edwards, Gavin; Eliscu, Jonny; Frickle, David; Kemp, Mark (2003). "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 17, 2024 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (May 10, 1987). "DEFIANCE AND RAGE HONE A DEBUT RAP ALBUM". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2024 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart, 12 July 1987 – 18 July 1987". Official Charts. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart, 19 July 1987 – 25 July 1987". Official Charts. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ Cross, Alan (May 25, 2023). "Throwback Thursday: M|A|R|R|S and Pump Up the Volume (1987)". Global News. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers Stream Their Lollapalooza 2006 Set". SPIN. May 21, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ Pelley, Rich (December 29, 2022). "Chuck D: 'Bringing rap to the UK was our British invasion'". The Guardian. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Human Traffic: "siamo giunti al weekend"". Onda Musicale (in Italian). July 12, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
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