Fight the Power (Public Enemy song) acknowledged that "Fight the Power" is "the most important record that Public Enemy have done". In 1996, the song was covered by D.C.K. for the electro-industrial various artists compilation "Operation Beatbox". In 1993, the song was covered by Barenaked Ladies for the "Coneheads" film soundtrack. In 2011, American mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan covered the song with Chuck D. on the album "Homefront: Songs for the Resistance"; a promo for the video game "Homefront." All information was taken from WhoSampled and is sorted by year of release Fight the Power (Public Enemy song) "Fight the Power" is a song
The Public Enemy Square ran "The Public Enemy" 24 hours a day during its initial release. At the 4th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story, losing to "The Dawn Patrol". In 1989, an animatronics version of a scene from "The Public Enemy" was incorporated into The Great Movie Ride at the Disney-MGM Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida. In 1998, "The Public Enemy" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2001, the "Sopranos" episode "Proshai, Livushka" references scenes from