Song · Public Enemy
“Bring The Noise” by Public Enemy
From the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
“Bring The Noise” by Public Enemy appears on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1991 and 2026. It was first released in 1988 on the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. Its best result is #62 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,536 alternative song of all time.
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"Bring the Noise" sits on It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy's 1988 album on Def Jam, and it plays like an air-raid siren wired straight into a drum machine. Chuck D, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee produced it, and the same three wrote it, with George Clinton picking up a composing credit alongside them and Chuck D and Shocklee handling the words.
It came between "Rebel Without a Pause" and "Don't Believe the Hype" in the group's run of singles, and it's pure hip-hop pressure: dense, shrieking and relentless, the words hammered home like a bullhorn at a rally.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 92 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991) | 100 |
| 2005 | 62 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 238 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
| 2018 | 573 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2019 | 537 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2021 | 146 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2023 | 762 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2026 | 100 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s | 498 |
Also listed as: Bring tha Noise; Bring the Noise.
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