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"There Is Power in the Blood" is a hymn written in 1899 by Lewis E. Jones. The song lends its tune to the 1913 song " There Is Power in a Union " by activist Joe Hill . "There is Power in the Blood" has been performed by Angela Primm, Dolly Parton , Marty Robbins , Alan Jackson and Bill and Gloria Gaither .
"The Power" was the seventh song with the highest recognisability rate. [28] In 2022, Classic Pop ranked it number three in their list of the top 40 dance tracks from the 90's, [ 29 ] while Rolling Stone ranked it number 188 in their "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time". [ 5 ]
"There Is Power in a Union" is a song written by Joe Hill in 1913. The Industrial Workers of the World (commonly known as the Wobblies) concentrated much of its labor trying to organize migrant workers in lumber and construction camps. They sometimes had competition for the attention of the workers from religious organizations.
"Killing in the Name" is a song by the American rock band Rage Against the Machine, and appears on their 1992 self-titled debut album. It features heavy drop-D guitar riffs. The lyrics protest police brutality , inspired by the beating of Rodney King and the 1992 Los Angeles riots .
"All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" is a Christian hymn. The hymn has been called the "National Anthem of Christendom". [1] The lyrics, written by Edward Perronet, first appeared in the November, 1779 issue of the Gospel Magazine, which was edited by the author of "Rock of Ages", Augustus Toplady.
In 2019, The song was included Billboard ' s "100 Songs That Defined the Decade" list, with writer Bryan Kress' summarising; "the most endearing aspect of "Power" is the hard-earned salvation of Kanye's reputation at a pivotal juncture in his career. At the eve of a new decade with his legacy tarnished and largely unfulfilled, West rewrote the ...
The song was also featured in the 2018 movie Peter Rabbit, with some lyrics changed to fit the context of the movie. The song has been featured in the TV commercial for the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008. On March 19, 2011, UFC premiered the trailer for UFC 129, which featured the song. [3] The song was also featured in the 2013 film The Smurfs 2. [4]
The song's lyrics features revolutionary rhetoric calling to fight the "powers that be". [5] They are delivered by Chuck D, who raps in a confrontational, unapologetic tone. [ 14 ] David Stubbs of The Quietus writes that the song "shimmies and seethes with all the controlled, incendiary rage and intent of Public Enemy at their height.