Rebel Without a Pause

"Rebel Without a Pause"
Single by Public Enemy
from the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
B-side"Sophisticated Bitch"
ReleasedJuly 28, 1987
Recorded1987
GenrePolitical hip hop
Length5:02 (album version)
4:21 (single)
LabelDef Jam
Songwriter(s)
  • Ridenhour
  • Sadler
  • Shocklee
  • Rogers
Producer(s)The Bomb Squad
Public Enemy singles chronology
"You're Gonna Get Yours"
(1987)
"Rebel Without a Pause"
(1987)
"Bring The Noise"
(1987)

"Rebel Without a Pause" is a song by hip hop group Public Enemy and the first single from their 1988 album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The title is a reference to the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause.