Public Enemy discography
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This is a discography for the hip-hop group Public Enemy.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Main albums
- Yo! Bum Rush the Show
- Released: March 1987
- Billboard 200 chart position: 125
- R&B/hip-hop chart position: 28
- Singles: "Public Enemy #1", "You're Gonna Get Yours"
- Status: Gold U.S.
- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
- Released: June 1988
- Billboard 200 chart position: 42
- R&B/hip-hop chart position: 1
- Singles: "Bring the Noise", "Don't Believe the Hype", "Louder Than A Bomb", "Night of the Living Baseheads", "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"
- Status: Platinum U.S.
- Fear of a Black Planet
- Released: March 20, 1990
- Billboard 200 chart position: 10
- R&B/hip-hop chart position: 3
- Singles: "Fight the Power", "911 Is a Joke", "Brother's Gonna Work It Out", "Welcome to the Terrordome", "Can't Do Nuttin for Ya Man"
- Status: Platinum U.S.
- New Whirl Odor
- Released: November 1, 2005
- Billboard 200 chart position:
- R&B/hip-hop chart position:
- Singles:
[edit] Compilations, soundtracks, and live albums
- Fight the Power… Live! (1989)
- Greatest Misses 1986–1992 (1992) (Gold U.S.)
- He Got Game (soundtrack) (1998)
- Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits (2005) 69 US
- It Takes a Nation: London Invasion 1987 CD+DVD (2005)
- Beats and Places (2006)
- Fight The Power - Greatest Hits Live (2007)
- In 2004 "Rebel without a Pause" appeared on popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- "Bring the Noize" was on the videogame Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. It was covered by the thrash metal band Anthrax featuring Chuck D.
[edit] Internet albums
- BTN 2000 (online released mega-mix which initialized PE's leaving Def Jam records) (1999)
- There's a Poison Goin' On (originally sold as MP3 downloads through Atomic Pop) (1999)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B/ Hip-Hop | U.S. Rap | UK | |||
| 1987 | "Public Enemy #1" | - | - | - | - | Yo! Bum Rush the Show |
| 1987 | "You're Gonna Get Yours" | - | - | - | 88 | Yo! Bum Rush the Show |
| 1987 | "Rebel Without A Pause" | - | - | - | 37 | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| 1988 | "Bring The Noise" | - | 56 | - | 32 | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| 1988 | "Don't Believe the Hype" | - | 18 | - | 18 | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| 1988 | "Night of the Living Baseheads" | - | 62 | - | 63 | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| 1988 | "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" | - | 86 | 11 | - | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| 1989 | "Fight the Power" | - | 20 | 1 | 29 | Fear of a Black Planet |
| 1990 | "Welcome to the Terrordome" | - | 15 | 3 | 18 | Fear of a Black Planet |
| 1990 | "Brothers Gonna Work It Out" | - | 20 | 22 | 46 | Fear of a Black Planet |
| 1990 | "911 Is a Joke" | - | 15 | 1 | 41 | Fear of a Black Planet |
| 1990 | "Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man" | - | - | 11 | 53 | Fear of a Black Planet |
| 1991 | "Can't Truss It" | 50 | 11 | 1 | 22 | Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black |
| 1991 | "Shut 'Em Down" | - | 26 | 1 | 21 | Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black |
| 1992 | "Nighttrain" | - | - | 17 | 55 | Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black |
| 1992 | "Hazy Shade of Criminal" | - | 58 | 12 | - | Greatest Misses |
| 1994 | "Give It Up" | 33 | 30 | 5 | 18 | Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age |
| 1994 | "I Stand Accused/What Kind of Power We Got?" | - | - | - | 77 | Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age |
| 1995 | "So Watcha Gonna Do Now" | - | - | - | 50 | |
| 1998 | "He Got Game" (Public Enemy featuring Stephen Stills) | 105 | 78 | - | 16 | He Got Game (soundtrack) |
| 1999 | "Do You Wanna Go Our Way???" | - | - | - | 66 | |
| 2007 | "Black is Back" | - | - | - | - | |
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