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“Bullet in the Head” by Rage Against the Machine
From the album Rage Against the Machine (1992)
“Bullet in the Head” by Rage Against the Machine appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1993 and 2008. It was first released in 1992 on the album Rage Against the Machine. Its best result is #84 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #259 alternative song of 1993 and #4,603 alternative song of all time.
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"Bullet in the Head" was the second single from Rage Against the Machine's 1992 debut, and it's among the heaviest things on a record that never lets up: Tom Morello's guitar squalls, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk lock into a punishing groove, and Zack de la Rocha spits out an argument that the government uses the media to keep people in line, likening an ordinary home to a cell on Alcatraz. It came straight over from the band's demo tape untouched, and Andy Wallace mixed it.
The single's sleeve used photographs by Marc Riboud, and the video isn't mimed at all: it's a live run-through for the BBC's The Late Show, played once for the cameras before the band got back on the bus to play a club that night. Fans have held on to it ever since.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 84 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 228 | KROQ | KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) | 300 |
| 1999 | 586 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2007 | 122 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2008 | 332 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
Also listed as: Bullet In The Head.
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