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
Public Enemy (band) put out a tape to promote WBAU (the radio station where he was working at the time) and to fend off a local MC who wanted to battle him. He called the tape "Public Enemy #1" because he felt like he was being persecuted by people in the local scene. This was the first reference to the notion of a public enemy in any of Chuck D's songs. The single was created by Chuck D with a contribution by Flavor Flav, though this was before the group "Public Enemy" was officially assembled. Around 1986, Bill Stephney, the former Program Director