Bring The Noise

“Bring the Noise”
Single by Public Enemy from the album Less Than Zero and It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
B-side	"Are You My Woman?" by The Black Flames
Released	1987
Format	12"
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:45
Label	Def Jam
Writer(s)	Carl Ridenhour Hank Shocklee Eric "Vietnam" Sadler
Producer	The Bomb Squad

“Bring the Noise”
Single by Anthrax featuring Chuck D. of Public Enemy from the album Attack of the Killer B's
B-side	"Keep It in the Family (Live)" "I'm the Man '91"
Released	July 8, 1991
Format	10" CD
Genre	Rap metal
Length	3:34
Label	Island Records
Writer(s)	Joey Belladonna Dan Spitz Scott Ian Frank Bello Charlie Benante Carl Ridenhour Hank Shocklee Eric "Vietnam" Sadler
Producer	Anthrax Mark Dodson
Anthrax featuring Chuck D. of Public Enemy singles chronology
"In My World" (1990) "Bring the Noise" (1991) "Black Lodge" (1993)
Attack of the Killer B's track listing
"Milk (Ode to Billy)" (1) "Bring the Noise'" (2) "Keep It in the Family (live)" (3)

"Bring the Noise" is a song by the hip hop group Public Enemy. It was included on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Less Than Zero (see 1987 in film) and was also released as a single that year. It later became the second track (and the first actual song) on the group's groundbreaking 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (see 1988 in music). The single reached #56 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

The song's lyrics, most of which are delivered rapid-fire by Chuck D with interjections from Flavor Flav, include boasts of Public Enemy's prowess, an endorsement of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, retorts to unspecified critics, and arguments for rap as a legitimate musical genre on par with rock. The lyrics also have a remarkable metrical complexity, making extensive use of meters like dactylic hexameter. The title phrase appears in the chorus. The song also gives several shout-outs to artists like Run-DMC, Eric B, LL Cool J and, unusual for a rap group, thrash metal band Anthrax, allegedly because Chuck D was flattered about Scott Ian wearing Public Enemy shirts while performing Anthrax gigs.

The song's production by The Bomb Squad, which exemplifies their style, features a dissonant mixture of funk samples, drum machine patterns, record scratching by DJ Terminator X, siren sound effects and other industrial noise.

"Bring the Noise" was ranked #160 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.