Rebel Without a Pause

~ Recording by Public Enemy

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:05Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
  • US1988-06-28
Def Jam Recordings (US)BFW 44303
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Columbia "walking eye" logo, DIDP 071104 on disc)Public EnemyAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)CK 44303
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)CK 44303
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Def Jam Recordings (US)DEF 462415 1
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Def Jam Recordings (US)DEF 462415 4
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Def Jam Recordings (US)CT 44303, FCT 44303
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Def Jam Recordings (US)527 358-1
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Def Jam Recordings (US)BFCT-44303
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)C 44303, FC 44303
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Def Jam Recordings (US)DEF 462415 2
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)BFCK 44303
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:05Public EnemyIt Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), Def Jam Recordings (US)462415 1
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)462415 2
1.3Rebel Without a Pause5:04Public EnemySingles n’ Remixes 1987–1992Public EnemyAlbum + Compilation
Def Jam Recordings (US)SRCS 5880
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • US1995-05-02
Def Jam Recordings (US)314 527 358-4
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • US1995-05-02
Def Jam Recordings (US)314 527 358-2
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • CA1995-05-02
Def Jam Recordings (US)314 527 358-2
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • AU1995-07-17
Def Jam Recordings (US)527 358-2
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • XE1995-07-24
Def Jam Recordings (US)527 358-2
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam remasters, explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • XE2000-04-03
Def Jam Recordings (US)542 423-2
1.8Rebel Without a Pause5:02Public EnemyGood Times With Joey and Norman JayNorman and Joey Jay
  • GB2000-08-21
NuphonicNUX155CD
2.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public Enemy2 Original CDs: Yo! Bum Rush the Show / It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2001-09-03
Def Jam Recordings (US)527 357-2, 542 423-2, 586 022-2
2.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public Enemy3 Original CDs: Yo! Bum Rush the Show / It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back / Fear of a Black PlanetPublic EnemyAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2001-09-03
Def Jam Recordings (US), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)523 446-2, 527 357-2, 542 423-2, 586 023-2
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:05Public EnemyClassic Public Enemy (The Universal Masters Collection)Public EnemyAlbum + Compilation
Def Jam Recordings (US)586 379-2
2.5Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyGrand Theft Auto: San AndreasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • CA2004-11-23
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.)B000377402
2.5Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Official SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE2004-11-23
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Rockstar Games0075021032156, 0075021032767, 0075021032774, 0075021033542
1.2Rebel Without a Pause5:02Public EnemyGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack – Box SetVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • XE2004-12-07
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Rockstar Games0602498649039
2.2Rebel Without a Pause5:02Public EnemyGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack – Box SetVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US2004-12-07
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.)B0003773-02
1.1Rebel Without a Pause5:05Public EnemyTommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials, Volume 2 (1979-1991)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-11-08
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)1635
2.14Rebel Without a Pause5:02Public Enemy25th Anniversary CollectionPublic EnemyAlbum + Compilation
Def Jam Recordings (US)
2.14Rebel Without a Pause?:??Public Enemy25th Anniversary Vinyl CollectionPublic EnemyAlbum + Compilation
  • -2013
Def Jam Recordings (US)06007 534 087-8 (0)
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:05Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • US2014-04-19
Def Jam Recordings (US)B0019394-01
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (deluxe edition, explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • US2014-11-24
Def Jam Recordings (US)
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (deluxe edition, explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • US2014-11-24
Def Jam Recordings (US)B0020176-00
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (deluxe version, explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • XE2014-11-28
Def Jam Recordings (US)3773708
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (deluxe edition, explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • JP2015-01-14
Def Jam Recordings (US)UICY-15364
1.4Rebel Without a Pause?:??Public EnemyFight the Power - The CollectionPublic EnemyAlbum + Compilation
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (explicit)Public EnemyAlbum
  • US2016-07-22
Def Jam Recordings (US)B0025172-04
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:04Public EnemyDef Jam: Fight the PowerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2022-06-22
Def Jam Recordings (US), UMe Digital (all-digital download imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)
2.6Rebel Without a Pause5:05Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
  • XE2023-11-10
Def Jam Recordings (US)00602455723864
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (BIEM STEMRA)Public EnemyAlbumDef Jam Recordings (US)527 358-2
1.14Rebel Without a Pause5:03Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic EnemyAlbum
Def Jam Recordings (US)
1.4Rebel Without a Pause5:02Public EnemyRap's Biggest HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
2.5Rebel Without a Pause (original mix)5:02Public EnemyCD Pool: Classic Beats V.27Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CD PoolCLS027
2.5Rebel Without A Pause?:??Public EnemyGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Official SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Rockstar GamesINTR 11278-2

Relationships

producer:Carl Ryder
Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
sampled by:B‐Boy Stance by k‐os (Canadian rapper)
Krisp Biscuit (Power) by Ruffige Creu
Lets Go Get Stoned by Sublime (ska punk)
Long Island Wildin’ by De La Soul
samples:The Grunt by The J.B.’s
mash-ups:Rebel Without a Pause by The Evolution Control Committee
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1JJ8D0KE144weLOGrjqJrb [info]
recording of:Rebel Without a Pause (in 1987)

Rebel Without a Pause

writer:Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
Norman Lee Rogers
Eric Sadler
Hank Shocklee