"Rock N Roll Nigger" | |
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Song by Patti Smith Group | |
from the album Easter | |
Released | March 3, 1978 |
Studio | Record Plant Studios |
Genre | Punk rock |
Length | 3:13 |
Label | Arista |
Songwriter(s) | Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye |
Producer(s) | Jimmy Iovine |
"Rock N Roll Nigger" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye, and released on the Patti Smith Group's 1978 album Easter.
While the song has always been controversial for its repeated use of the racial epithet "nigger", a remix was included on the soundtrack of the 1994 film Natural Born Killers and it has since been covered by several other artists, including Marilyn Manson (1995).[1][2][3][4][5]
In October 2022, streaming services removed the song without comment, although the services did not remove cover versions of the song.[6]
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