“Killing in the Name” is a protest song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. It was released as the lead single from the band’s self-titled debut album in November 1992. In 2009, it became the Christmas number one in the United Kingdom. It has been described as a howling, expletive-driven tirade against the ills of American society.
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“Killing in the Name” is a protest song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. It was released as the lead single from the band’s self-titled debut album in November 1992. The song has been noted for its distinctive guitar riffs and for the line “Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses” In 2009, it became the Christmas number one in the United Kingdom. In 2012, Tom Morello criticized the UK Independence Party for using the song in rallies. In December 2009, English DJ Jon Morter launched a group on Facebook encouraging people to buy the X Factor winner’s song in the week before Christmas. They hoped to prevent the winner of the televised competition from achieving the UK number one for the fifth year running. After the campaign had raised over £70,000, Simon Cowell donated some of the profits to the charity Just Giving. The group also encouraged supporters to give money to homeless charity Shelter, as well as the Just Giving page. The X Factor was donating some of its profits to Shelter, which had raised more than £70,.000 as of December 20, 2010. The band has also donated money to the Justgiving page to raise money for homeless charity Justgiving.com, which has raised over £70,00. In 2011, the group donated some profits to charity JustGiving.com to help homeless people in the UK.
In 2013, the band donated some proceeds from the JustGiving page to the Shelter charity, which was raising money for the homeless in the U.S. and around the world. In 2014, the song was donated to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). The song was released six months after the Los Angeles Riots, which were triggered by the acquittal of four white police officers who beat black motorist Rodney King. In February 1993, BBC Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes accidentally played the full uncensored version of the song on his Top 40 Countdown, leading to 138 complaints. In November 2008, it was played over the speakers in an Asda supermarket in Preston, Lancashire, prompting numerous complaints from customers. It has been described as a howling, expletive-driven tirade against the ills of American society. It alludes to the history of US police forces being a white supremacist organization such as the Ku Klux Klan, whose symbol is the burning cross, and railing against the military–industrial complex, justifying killing for the benefit of, as the song puts it, the chosen whites. In March 2012, Morello wrote on Twitter: Hey UKIP and Nigel Farage: Stop using ‘KILLING IN THE NAME’ for your racistrightwing rallies. We are against everything you stand for. STOP. IT.\”
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