(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)" (sometimes shortened to "Fight for Your Right") is a song by American group the Beastie Boys, released as the fourth single released from their debut album "Licensed to Ill" (1986). One of their best-known songs, it reached no. 7 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the week of March 7, 1987, and was later named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The song was also included on their compilation albums "" in 1999 and
Fight for Your Life video nasties list and was outlawed. It is notable for being the only 'video nasty' to appear on the list due to language, specifically the racism displayed by Sanderson's character. Briefly available in the United Kingdom on the independent video label Vision On, released circa 1982, but outlawed with the advent of the Video Recordings Act (1984), "Fight For Your Life" was denied a British cinema release when it was rejected by the BBFC in October 1981. "Fight For Your Life" was issued in the U.S. by Blue Underground as a remastered DVD. The original film negative, having been stored