Bombtrack

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Template:Infobox song/link by Rage Against the Machine
from the album Rage Against the Machine
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Recorded1992
StudioSound City (Van Nuys, California)
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LabelEpic
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"Bullet in the Head"
(1993) 		"Bombtrack"
(589) 		"Freedom"
(1994)
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"Bombtrack" is a song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. It is the band’s third single and the opening track on their self-titled debut album.

Like most of Rage Against the Machine's songs, the song's lyrics discuss social inequality, proclaiming that "landlords and power whores" were going to "burn".

The riffs were composed by Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford. The song is one of three on the album in the key of F♯ along with "Know Your Enemy" and "Fistful of Steel". It is their highest-charting song in the Netherlands, at number eight.

Cover

The single artwork features Cuban photographer Alberto Korda's famous image of Che Guevara, Guerrillero Heroico. A mirrored version of the iconic two-tone portrait by Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick (T-shirt version).

Music video

A music video was released, depicting support for the Peruvian Maoist organization Sendero Luminoso and its leader Abimael Guzman.[2][3][4][5]

In the video, the group played inside a cage, mimicking Guzman being shown to journalists inside a cage after his capture by the Peruvian military. The initial sequence of the video feature the sentence "For 13 years the people of Peru have waged revolutionary war against their oppressive U.S.-backed government. Their movement is known as the Sendero luminoso or Shining Path."[6][7]

The group mentioned Shining Path again in the lyrics of "Without a Face."[8]

The video clip did not appear on the group's first home video, citing Rage's first altered political opinion.[citation needed] In 2003, the video finally appeared as bonus material on their Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium DVD.

Track listing

CD

  1. "Bombtrack"
  2. "Bombtrack [Evening Session version]"
  3. "Bombtrack [live version]"

7"

  1. "Bombtrack" – 4:03
  2. "Bombtrack" (live) – 6:00

Special Pinkpop edition

On May 23, 1994, a special edition of the "Bombtrack" CD single was released in the Netherlands for the Pinkpop Music Festival's 25th birthday. This version contains an alternative track listing.

  1. "Bombtrack"
  2. "Freedom" (live)
  3. "Settle for Nothing" (live)
  4. "Bombtrack" [Evening Session version]
  5. "Bullet in the Head" [remix]
  6. "Take the Power Back" (live)
  7. "Darkness of Greed"
  8. "Bullet in the Head" (live)
  9. "Bombtrack" (live)

Tracks three and eight recorded live at Melkweg in Amsterdam, February 7, 1993. Track six recorded live in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 11, 1993. Track nine recorded live in Minneapolis, United States, April 5, 1993. Track five remix by Sir Jinx.

The Evening Session version of "Bombtrack" is a completely reworked, slower "swing" version of the song with altered lyrics, which later appeared on Evil EmpireTemplate:'s "Without a Face".

In 2017, Stone Sour covered the song as part of Metal Hammer's Metal Hammer Goes '90s compilation album, and appears on the deluxe edition of their 2017 album Hydrograd.[9][10]

Perhaps the song's most notable appearance outside of the music industry would be its appearance in Oliver Stone's controversial film Natural Born Killers, when Mickey breaks out of his prison cell in search of Mallory.

Charts

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Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Silver 200,000 

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Releases: Singles". Music Week. August 21, 1993. p. 31.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lista de Personas y Grupos Terroristas". February 13, 2006. Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Antonio, Zoila (January 7, 2022). "Disputed reality: 'Bombtrack' and Peru's internal armed conflict". Global Voices. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.""Bombtrack" de Rage Against The Machine: La distorsión de la realidad de Sendero Luminoso y sus consecuencias en el Perú". El Cuartel del Metal. April 20, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stenning, Paul (September 4, 2008). Rage Against The Machine - Stage Fighters. Bonnier Zaffre. pp. 102–103. ISBN 978-1-78418-967-9.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walch, Louis (February 26, 2013). "Jesús Cossio's "Barbarism": The Graphic Novel as Testimony". Words Without Borders. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McIver, Joel (March 17, 2014). Know Your Enemy: The Story of Rage Against the Machine. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-78323-034-1.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Neilstein, Vince (July 27, 2017). "Listen to Stone Sour Cover Rage Against the Machine's "Bombtrack"". MetalSucks. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shinn, Travis. "Hear Stone Sour's Fiery Cover Of Rage Against The Machine's "Bombtrack"". Revolver. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jaaroverzichten – Single 1994" (in Nederlands). MegaCharts. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
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