Search and Destroy (song)

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"Search and Destroy" is a song originally recorded by Iggy and The Stooges in 1973 and re-recorded in 2005. The song appears on the band's third studio album, Raw Power. Lead singer Iggy Pop said that he pulled the title "from a column heading in a Time Magazine article about the Vietnamese war."^{[citation needed]} It has been covered by numerous artists, including Def Leppard, Red Hot Chili Peppers, EMF, the Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, The Flowers of Romance, Samiam, The Dead Boys, Rocket From The Tombs, The Dictators, and Emanuel.

The song also provided the title of an influential late 1970s punk magazine based out of San Francisco.

In 1997, "Search and Destroy" along with the rest of the songs on Raw Power were remixed and remastered by Iggy Pop and Bruce Dickinson. The result was far more aggressive and stripped down than the original release, which had been mixed by David Bowie.

Henry Rollins has a large tattoo on his back of an image with large text reading "SEARCH & DESTROY."

This song was featured in the video games True Crime: New York City, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, and Guitar Hero II.