(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
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) had a foul odor. "The smell in that room, when everyone was done throwing pies, was like rotten eggs. You wanted to throw up." In 2011, Adam Yauch directed and wrote a surreal comedic short film entitled "Fight for Your Right Revisited" to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original video's release. The short film serves as a video for the single "Make Some Noise" from "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two". Most of the non-sequitur dialogue between characters were a result of improvisation by the cast. "Revisited" acts as a sequel to the events that took place in the original