You're Gonna Get Yours

"You're Gonna Get Yours"
Single by Public Enemy
from the album Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Released1987
Recorded1986
GenreHip hop
Length4:04
LabelDef Jam
Songwriter(s)
Public Enemy singles chronology
"Public Enemy #1"
(1986) 		"You're Gonna Get Yours"
(1987) 		"Rebel Without a Pause"
(1987)

"You're Gonna Get Yours" (sometimes subtitled "My 98 Oldsmobile") is a 1987 single by hip hop group Public Enemy from their debut album Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987).[1] Chuck D references the Oldsmobile 98 automobile in the song's lyrics.[2] It peaked at number 88 on the UK Singles Chart.[3][4] According to Rolling Stone, the song helped Chuck D and production team Bomb Squad "[introduce] an intense, booming new sound and an urgent social and political message to rap music".[1]

MARRS sampled the song in their 1987 hit single "Pump Up the Volume".[5] Public Enemy fans Red Hot Chili Peppers have been known to use the song as an intro jam during live performances of their own song, "Give It Away".[6][7]

The song was also featured in the 1999 British-Irish independent film Human Traffic.[8]

  1. ^ a b Blashill, Pat; De Curtis, Anthony; Edmonds, Ben; Edwards, Gavin; Eliscu, Jonny; Frickle, David; Kemp, Mark (2003). "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 17, 2024 – via EBSCOhost.
  2. ^ Pareles, Jon (May 10, 1987). "DEFIANCE AND RAGE HONE A DEBUT RAP ALBUM". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2024 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ "Official Singles Chart, 12 July 1987 – 18 July 1987". Official Charts. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart, 19 July 1987 – 25 July 1987". Official Charts. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  5. ^ Cross, Alan (May 25, 2023). "Throwback Thursday: M|A|R|R|S and Pump Up the Volume (1987)". Global News. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  6. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers Stream Their Lollapalooza 2006 Set". SPIN. May 21, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  7. ^ Pelley, Rich (December 29, 2022). "Chuck D: 'Bringing rap to the UK was our British invasion'". The Guardian. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  8. ^ "Human Traffic: "siamo giunti al weekend"". Onda Musicale (in Italian). July 12, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2024.