Rock N Roll Nigger

"Rock N Roll Nigger"
Song by Patti Smith Group
from the album Easter
ReleasedMarch 3, 1978 (1978-03-03)
StudioRecord Plant Studios
GenrePunk rock
Length3:13
LabelArista
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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference allmusic1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference hotpress was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference allmusic2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference salon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference nytimes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Grow, Kory (2022-10-28). "Patti Smith's 'Rock n Roll N—-r' Quietly Removed from Streaming Services". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-01-24.