People Have the Power

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“People Have the Power”
“People Have the Power” cover
Single by Patti Smith
from the album Dream of Life
B-side "Where Duty Calls",
"Wild Leaves"
Released June 1988 (1988-06)
Format Vinyl 12"
Recorded The Hit Factory
Genre Rock
Length 5:07
Label Arista
Writer(s) Patti Smith, Fred Smith
Producer Fred Smith, Jimmy Iovine
Patti Smith singles chronology
"So You Want
to Be (A Rock 'n' Roll Star)"
(1979)		 "People Have the Power"
(1988)		 "Looking for You (I Was)"
(1988)
Audio sample
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"People Have the Power" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Fred Sonic Smith, and released as a lead single from Patti Smith 1988 album Dream of Life. Music video is filmed mostly in black-and-white and features Patti Smith singing, writing and walking. The song was ranked number 22 on NME magazine's list of the "Singles of the Year".[1]

[edit] Charts

Chart (1988)[2][3] Position
Mainstream Rock Tracks 19
UK Singles Chart 97

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ End of Year Lists. Acclaimed Music. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
  2. ^ Billboard chart. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
  3. ^ UK chart. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.

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Patti Smith
Studio albums
Horses (1975) · Radio Ethiopia (1976) · Easter (1978) · Wave (1979) · Dream of Life (1988) · Gone Again (1996) · Peace and Noise (1997) · Gung Ho (2000) · Trampin' (2004) · Twelve (2007)
Other albums
Hey Joe / Radio Ethiopia (1977) · Set Free (1978) · The Patti Smith Masters (1996) · Land (2002) · Horses/Horses (2005) · iTunes Originals (2008) · The Coral Sea (2008)
Singles
"Hey Joe" (1974) · "Gloria" (1976) · "Pissing in a River" (1976) · "Pumping (My Heart)" (1976) · "Ask the Angels" (1977) · "Because the Night" (1978) · "Privilege (Set Me Free)" (1978) · "Frederick" (1979) · "Dancing Barefoot" (1979) · "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (1979) · "People Have the Power" (1988) · "Looking for You (I Was)" (1988) · "Up There Down There" (1988) · "Summer Cannibals" (1996) · "E-Bow the Letter" (1996) · "1959" (1997) · "Glitter in Their Eyes" (2000) · "Jubilee" (2004) · "Gimme Shelter" (2007)
Books
Seventh Heaven (1972) · Witt (1973) · Babel (1978) · Woolgathering (1992) · Early Work (1994) · The Coral Sea (1996) · Patti Smith Complete (1998) · Strange Messenger (2003) · Auguries of Innocence (2005)
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