Rock N Roll Nigger

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“Rock N Roll Nigger”
Song by Patti Smith Group
Album Easter
Released March 3, 1978 (1978-03-03)
Recorded Record Plant Studios
Genre Punk rock
Length 3:13
Label Arista
Writer Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
Producer Jimmy Iovine
Easter track listing

Side one:

  1. "Till Victory"
  2. "Space Monkey"
  3. "Because the Night"
  4. "Ghost Dance"
  5. "Babelogue"
  6. "Rock N Roll Nigger"

Side two:

  1. "Privilege (Set Me Free)"
  2. "We Three"
  3. "25th Floor"
  4. "High on Rebellion"
  5. "Easter"
Audio sample
Info (help·info)

"Rock N Roll Nigger" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye, and released on Patti Smith Group 1978 album Easter.[1] The song was later included on Natural Born Killers soundtrack. U2 lead singer Bono references the song in a rant during their performance of "Bullet the Blue Sky" on the Elevation 2001: Live from Boston DVD. Marilyn Manson released a cover on the Smells Like Children album.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Patti Smith Group - Easter. Discogs. 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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