In 1998, the song was covered by German hip hop act N.Y.C.C.

'1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear' (Party Songs) 'Ultimate Music Collection' (Rap Tracks) '150 Greatest Rock Lists' (30 Best Hip Hop Songs) '100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years' 'The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared' 'The 100 Greatest Singles of the Post-Punk Era' They include Stanley Tucci and Susan Sarandon (as the parents seen in the original video), Adam Scott, Alicia Silverstone, Amy Poehler, Chloë Sevigny, David Cross, Jason Schwartzman, Kirsten Dunst, Laura Dern, Mary Steenburgen, Martin Starr, Maya Rudolph, Orlando Bloom, Rashida Jones, Rainn Wilson, Shannyn Sossamon, Steve Buscemi, Ted Danson, and Will Arnett.Īlthough 'Fight for Your Right' is not performed, its outro can be heard at the beginning of the short. The short features numerous cameo appearances, some appearing onscreen for only a few seconds. Eventually, both sets of Beasties get rousted by a trio of cops (played by the actual Beastie Boys) and taken to jail. Reilly, Will Ferrell, and Jack Black, respectively), coming out of a DeLorean. Revisited acts as a sequel to the events that took place in the original music video and features Mike D, Ad-Rock and MCA (played by Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood, and Danny McBride, respectively) as they get into more drunken antics, before being challenged to a dance battle by the future Mike D, Ad-Rock and MCA ( John C. Most of the non-sequitur dialogue between characters were a result of improvisation by the cast. The short film serves as a video for the single ' Make Some Noise' from Hot Sauce Committee Part Two. In 2011, Adam Yauch directed and wrote a surreal comedic short film entitled Fight for Your Right Revisited to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original video's release. You wanted to throw up.' Fight for Your Right Revisited 'The smell in that room, when everyone was done throwing pies, was like rotten eggs. As a result, it was rancid and had a foul odor. 'I worked hard at not getting any pie goo on me,' she recalls, because the whipped cream used had been scoured from supermarket trash cans since there was no money in the budget for it. Soren, whose hair was dyed blonde for the shoot, got her chance to be in the video because she was a friend of Rubin's and attended nearby New York University. As the video ends, the remaining partygoers shout along to the final chorus of 'party!' before hitting the returning mother in the face with a pie.ĭirected by Ric Menello and Adam Dubin, there are numerous cameos in this video, including an unknown-at-the-time Tabitha Soren, Cey Adams, Ricky Powell, members of the punk rock band Murphy's Law, as well as the Beastie Boys' producer, Rick Rubin, who was shown wearing an AC/DC and Slayer shirt, the latter of whom were also signed to Def Jam at the time. As the pie fight reaches its peak, Ad-Rock, Mike D, and MCA run away, the party having become too out of hand even for them. The trio start all kinds of trouble within the house, such as chasing and kissing girls, starting fires, bringing more troublesome people into the house, spiking the punch, smashing things, and starting a massive pie fight. When they leave, the two boys decide to have a party, hoping 'no bad people show up' this prompts the arrival of Ad-Rock, Mike D, and MCA at the party. The music video for 'Fight for Your Right' begins as a mother and father tell their two sons to stay out of trouble while they are away. There were tons of guys singing along to 'Fight for Your Right' who were oblivious to the fact it was a total goof on them.' Writing credits were given to Yauch, Ad-Rock and the Beastie Boys' producer, Rick Rubin. 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. However, the irony was lost on most listeners. 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'. The song was also included on their compilation albums The Sounds of Science in 1999, Solid Gold Hits in 2005 and Beastie Boys Music in 2020. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the week of March 7, 1987, and was later named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. One of their best-known songs, it reached No. ' (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)' (shortened to ' Fight for Your Right' on album releases) is a song by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released as the fourth single released from their debut album Licensed to Ill (1986).

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