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"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 .
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing credit by Fox and Gimbel, Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart.
Australian folk/pop singer Kate Miller-Heidke incorporates a short section of "Killing in the Name" into the musical interlude of her own song Words, in a rendition which features on her album Live at The Hi-Fi. Miller-Heidke is an opera-trained soprano and in this version she sings Tom Morello's guitar solo.
This is a list of songs about or referencing killers. The songs are divided into groups by the last name of the killer the song is about or mentions. This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
"Love Like Blood" is a song by English rock band Killing Joke. It was released on 25 January 1985 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Night Time (1985). Produced by Chris Kimsey , the song is characterised as gothic rock [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and new wave . [ 4 ]
Howlin' Wolf recorded "Killing Floor" in Chicago in August 1964, which Chess Records released as a single. [2] According to blues guitarist and longtime Wolf associate Hubert Sumlin, the song uses the killing floor – the area of a slaughterhouse where animals are killed – as a metaphor or allegory for male-female relationships: "Down on the killing floor – that means a woman has you down ...
Joe DeVito, a 26-year-old songwriter from Yonkers, wrote a song about the killing of Brian Thompson. It has received hundreds of thousands of views. (Jack Ludkey (@highwaysnobbery) / The Independent)
None of the promotional songs appear on the soundtrack. Also according to the commentary, The Smashing Pumpkins song "To Sheila" was considered, but the rights couldn't be obtained. Although the song "Lovefool" by The Cardigans was featured in the film, it too was not featured in the soundtrack.