(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) the final night of the All Points West concert series as a tribute to the Beastie Boys, who were unable to perform on opening night following Adam Yauch's announcement that he had cancer. The band performed this version again on May 4, 2012, at their concert at the Hollywood Bowl as a tribute to Yauch, who had died earlier that day. The song was also released as a single by N.Y.C.C. whose version peaked at 14 in the UK singles chart in 1998. (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)" (sometimes
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) "Solid Gold Hits" in 2005. The song, written by Adam Yauch and band friend Tom "Tommy Triphammer" Cushman (who appears in the video), was intended as an ironic parody of "party" and "attitude"-themed songs, such as "Smokin' in the Boys Room" and "I Wanna Rock". However, the irony was lost on most listeners. Mike D commented that, "The only thing that upsets me is that we might have reinforced certain values of some people in our audience when our own values were actually totally different. There were tons of guys singing along to "Fight for Your Right" who were oblivious