(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)

1986 song by the Beastie Boys December 2025 January 2025 (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) Beastie Boys YGFFYRTP.jpg single Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill Paul Revere December 1986Billboard December 20, 1986 Rap rock Jon Matsumoto The Beastie Boys Provide a License to Party Grammy Award. The Recording Academy May 2, 2012 February 20, 2014 http://www.grammy.com/news/the-beastie-boys-provide-a-license-to-party Chris Smith 2009 101 Albums that Changed Popular Music Oxford University Press 189 978-0-1953-7371-4 the hit single (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party) was a tongue-in-cheek rap/rock hybrid that largely satirized the white frat-boy audience that made the album such a big hit. hard rock Kevin M. Mitchell 2003 Hip-hop Rhyming Dictionary: For Rappers, DJs and MCs Alfred Music Publishing 12 978-0-7390-3333-3 The party anthem "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" by the Beastie Boys blended hard rock and rap. Jon Stratton 2009 Jews, Race and Popular Music Ashgate Publishing 10 978-0-7546-6804-6 The Beastie Boys' success came from their acceptance by African-American audiences while making rap understandable to white audiences by combining it with hard rock — the most important example of this being '(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)'. 3:29 Def Jam Columbia Adam Yauch Rick Rubin Adam Horovitz Rick Rubin The New Style 1986 Brass Monkey 1987 eBShN8qT4lk "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" (shortened to "Fight for Your Right" on album releases) is a song by American hip-hop/rap rock group Beastie Boys, released as the fourth single from their debut album Licensed to Ill (1986). One of their best-known songs, it reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the week of March 7, 1987, becoming the group's highest-charting single and only top-10 hit. It was later named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The song was also included on their compilation albums The Sounds of Science in 1999, Solid Gold Hits in 2005, and Beastie Boys Music in 2020. History The song, written by Adam Yauch and band friend Tom "Tommy Triphammer" Cushman (who appears in the video), was initially written for their side band called Brooklyn; however, Yauch proposed to use the song for the Beastie Boys. The song was meant as an insignificant portrayal of "party" and "attitude"-themed songs, such as "Smokin' in the Boys Room" and "I Wanna Rock", but unintentionally became representative of their artistic style. The Beastie Boys: The Fresh Air Interview NPR Music May 6, 2011 February 20, 2014 https://www.npr.org/2011/05/06/136019762/the-fresh-air-interview-the-beastie-boys Although the group initially embraced the booze-fueled party identity, their style changed when their social habits became more marijuana-centric after touring. Though they continued playing their early hits, including "Fight for Your Right to Party", on future tours, this change had the welcomeJanuary 2025 effect of alienating a significant population of their audience who preferred the previous style. Mike D commented that, "The only thing that upsets me is that we might have reinforced certain values of some people in our audience when our own values were actually totally different. There were tons of guys singing along to 'Fight for Your Right' who were oblivious to the fact it was a total goof on them." Joe Taysom The reason why The Beastie Boys hated one of their biggest tracks Far Out July 5, 2021 https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/beastie-boys-hate-fight-for-your-right/ One writer noted that the Beasties had simply “taken the over-the-top, MTV Spring Break-party mentality and rude excesses of the 80s, and pushed it all over the edge.”Cosby James A. August 22, 2014 Long Live the Beastie Boys: Their Five Most Underappreciated Songs https://www.popmatters.com/183762-long-live-the-beastie-boys-their-five-most-underappreciated-songs-in-2495638755.htm January 9, 2026 PopMatters Writing credits were given to Yauch, Ad-Rock and the Beastie Boys' producer, Rick Rubin. ACE Repertory – Fight for Your Right to Party ASCAP 28 October 2021 https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/360228399 Music video The music video for "Fight for Your Right" begins as a mother and father tell their two sons to stay out of trouble while they are away. When they leave, the two boys decide to have a party including soda and pie, hoping "no bad people show up"; this prompts the arrival of the Beastie Boys (Ad-Rock, Mike D, and MCA) at the party. The trio start all kinds of trouble within the house, such as chasing and kissing girls, starting fires, bringing more troublesome people into the house, infusing the punch with alcohol, smashing objects, and starting a pie fight. As the pie fight reaches its peak, the Beastie Boys run away, the party having become too out of hand. As the video ends, the remaining partygoers shout along to the final chorus of "party!" before hitting the returning mother in the face with a pie. Directed by Ric Menello and Adam Dubin, Gil Kaufman Beastie Boys Video Director Ric Menello Dead at 60 MTV March 4, 2013 March 17, 2013 http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702970/beastie-boys-director-ric-menello.jhtml https://web.archive.org/web/20130306135530/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1702970/beastie-boys-director-ric-menello.jhtml dead March 6, 2013 there are numerous cameos in this video, including an unknown-at-the-time Tabitha Soren, Cey Adams,February 6, 2015 Cey Adams interview about his iconic Hip Hop art https://insomniacmagazine.com/cey-adams-interview-about-his-iconic-hip-hop-art/ Insomniac Magazine Ricky Powell,The Beastie Boys Introduce The 'Main Nerd' From 'Fight For Your Right' https://www.mtv.com/video-clips/14tw3p/the-beastie-boys-introduce-the-main-nerd-from-fight-for-your-right https://web.archive.org/web/20220729042102/https://www.mtv.com/video-clips/14tw3p/the-beastie-boys-introduce-the-main-nerd-from-fight-for-your-right dead July 29, 2022 MTV members of the punk rock band Murphy's Law, as well as the Beastie Boys' producer, Rick Rubin, who was shown wearing an AC/DC and Slayer shirt, the latter of whom were also signed to Def Jam at the time.Alva Freddy November 30, 2018 Joe Bruno: OG NYHC Roadie Shares Some of His Favorite Memories https://www.noecho.net/interviews/joe-bruno-og-nyhc-roadie live August 1, 2022 No Echo https://web.archive.org/web/20201001203540/https://www.noecho.net/interviews/joe-bruno-og-nyhc-roadie 1 October 2020 Soren, whose hair was dyed blonde for the shoot, got her chance to be in the video because she was a friend of Rubin's and attended nearby New York University. "I worked hard at not getting any pie goo on me," she recalls, because the whipped cream used had been scoured from supermarket trash cans since there was no money in the budget for it. As a result, it was rancid and had a foul odor. "The smell in that room, when everyone was done throwing pies, was like rotten eggs. You wanted to throw up." Craig Marks Rob Tannenbaum 2011 I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution Dutton New York 278–79 978-0-525-95230-5 registration https://archive.org/details/iwantmymtvuncens00mark/page/278 Fight for Your Right Revisited July 2024 In 2011, Yauch directed and wrote a surreal comedic short film entitled Fight for Your Right Revisited to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original video's release.Edwards, G. (2011). License Renewed: Beasties Are Back. In Rolling stone (Number 1131, pp. 15-). Rolling Stone Licensing LLC. The short film serves as a video for the single "Make Some Noise" from Hot Sauce Committee Part Two. Most of the non-sequitur dialogue between characters were a result of improvisation by the cast. Revisited acts as a sequel to the events that took place in the original music video and features Mike D, Ad-Rock and MCA (played by Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood, and Danny McBride, respectively) as they get into more drunken antics, before being challenged to a dance battle by the future Mike D, Ad-Rock and MCA (John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell, and Jack Black, respectively), coming out of a DeLorean. Eventually, both sets of Beasties get rousted by a trio of cops (played by the actual Beastie Boys) and taken to jail. The short features numerous cameo appearances, some appearing onscreen for only a few seconds. They include Stanley Tucci and Susan Sarandon (as the parents seen in the original video), Adam Scott, Alicia Silverstone, Amy Poehler, Chloë Sevigny, David Cross, Jason Schwartzman, Kirsten Dunst, Laura Dern, Mary Steenburgen, Martin Starr, Maya Rudolph, Orlando Bloom, Rashida Jones, Rainn Wilson, Shannyn Sossamon, Steve Buscemi, Ted Danson, and Will Arnett. Although "Fight for Your Right" is not performed, its outro can be heard at the beginning of the short. Accolades YearPublisherCountryAccoladeRank1986The Village VoiceUnited States"Singles of the Year" (25) Village Voice – Pazz & Jop Lists > 1986: Singles Rocklist.net March 25, 2014 http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/village7080.htm#1986 https://web.archive.org/web/20060216032137/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/village7080.htm#1986 usurped February 16, 2006121987NMEUnited Kingdom"Singles of the Year" (60) NME Singles 1987 Rocklist.net March 25, 2014 http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1987.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060629131221/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/1987.html usurped June 29, 2006141987Record MirrorUnited Kingdom"Singles of the Year" (20) Record Mirror End of Year Lists 1987 Rocklist.net March 25, 2014 http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/recordmirror.htm#1987 https://web.archive.org/web/20061020175812/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/recordmirror.htm#1987 usurped October 20, 2006201994Dave Marsh & James BernardUnited States"Greatest Eighties Protest Songs" Dave Marsh Dave Marsh James Bernard 1994 The New Book of Rock Lists Fireside 0-671-78700-4 http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/new_book_of_rock_lists.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20051213020434/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/new_book_of_rock_lists.htm usurped December 13, 2005*1995Rock and Roll Hall of FameUnited States"500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" Experience the Music: One Hit Wonders and the Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum March 25, 2014 http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/*1998Triple J Hottest 100Australia"Hottest 100 of All Time" Hottest 100 of all time Triple J Hottest 100 March 25, 2014 http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1998.htm#h100-all-time381999MTVUnited States"100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made" MTV: '100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made' Rock on the Net March 25, 2014 http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/mtv100.htm662001UncutUnited Kingdom"The 100 Greatest Singles of the Post-Punk Era" Uncut – The 100 Greatest Singles Of The Post-Punk Era Rocklist.net March 25, 2014 http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/Uncut_P2.htm#Post_punk https://web.archive.org/web/20131201021231/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/Uncut_P2.htm#Post_punk usurped December 1, 2013502001VH1United States"100 Greatest Videos" VH1: 100 Greatest Videos VH1 Rock on the Net March 25, 2014 http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2001/vh1videos.htm1002003PopMattersUnited States"The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared" 100 From 1977 – 2003: The 100 Best Songs Since Johnny Rotten Roared > 91 – 100 PopMatters http://popmatters.com/music/top100songs/1977-2003-91-100.shtml March 25, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20031003175806/http://popmatters.com/music/top100songs/1977-2003-91-100.shtml October 3, 2003992003QUnited Kingdom"The 1001 Best Songs Ever" Q Special Edition – 1001 Best Songs Ever.. 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Charts Weekly charts Chart (1987)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report) David Kent David Kent (historian) 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 Australian Chart Book St Ives, N.S.W. 0-646-11917-637Flanders 16 Beastie Boys Fight For Your Right February 20, 2014Canada RPM 7 636 February 20, 2014Ireland2 16 You've got to fight for your right June 1, 2013Dutch40 10 1987 16 February 20, 2014Dutch100 10 Beastie Boys Fight For Your Right February 20, 2014New Zealand 17 Beastie Boys Fight For Your Right February 20, 2014UK 11 19870328 UK11 July 2, 2013US Billboard Hot 100 Licensed to Ill – Awards AllMusic http://www.allmusic.com/album/licensed-to-ill-mw0000649870/awards March 1, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140301110308/http://www.allmusic.com/album/licensed-to-ill-mw0000649870/awards7US Cash Box Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending March 14, 1987 Cash Box http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19870314.html December 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101213174157/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19870314.html3West Germany 25 Beastie Boys Fight For Your Right 24033 February 20, 2014 Chart (2012)PeakpositionBelgium (Back Catalogue Singles Flanders) 50 Back Catalogue Singles – 12/05/2012 Ultratop. Hung Medien February 20, 2014 http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=sb&year=2012&date=2012051235Japan Hot 100 Singles74 Year-end charts Chart (1987)RankCanada Top Singles (RPM) Top 100 Singles of '87 RPM 47 12 December 26, 1987 May 13, 2016 https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?IdNumber=765&app=rpm71Netherlands (Single Top 100) Jaaroverzichten – Single 1987 Single Top 100. Hung Medien February 20, 2014 http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1987&cat=s nl66US Billboard Hot 100 Top 100 Hits for 1987 The Longbored Surfer February 20, 2014 http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/198798US Cash Box The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1987 Cash Box http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1987YESP.html December 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101213174258/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1987YESP.html49 Certifications United Kingdom single Beastie Boys (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right Gold 2004 2026 16478-407-1 January 16, 2026 true true true Cover versions N.Y.C.C. version Fight for Your Right (To Party) NYCC Fight for Your Right To Party.jpg Standard artwork single N.Y.C.C. Greatest Hits "Paaarty" "Highway to Hell" "We Are N.Y.C.C." January 28, 1998 Boogie Park (Hamburg, Germany) Hip house Christian Lorenz Epic puts 'hip-house' on the map Music & Media 15 16 8 April 18, 1998 October 9, 2020 https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-04-18.pdf 3:20 Control (Europe and Australia) Attic (Canada) Beastie Boys Rick Rubin Dee Jay Sören In 1998, the song was covered by German hip-hop act N.Y.C.C. as "Fight for Your Right (To Party)". It reached the top 20 in nine countries across Europe and in Australia and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 14, it was the first song by a German hip-hop group to reach the top 25. Christian Lorenz Album spotlight Music & Media 15 25 14 June 20, 1998 October 9, 2020 https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-06-20.pdf Track listings European CD single "Fight for Your Right (To Party)" – European CD single 1998 CD sleeve Control Records 0042624CON "Fight for Your Right" (single version) – 3:20 "Fight for Your Right" (extended version) – 5:55 "Fight for Your Right" (Disco Selection Mix) – 5:52 "Fight for Your Right" (long instrumental version) – 4:21 UK and European 12-inch single "Fight for Your Right (To Party)" – UK & European 12-inch single 1998 Vinyl disc Control Records 0042640CON A1. "Fight for Your Right" (extended version) A2. "Fight for Your Right" (long instrumental version) B1. "Fight for Your Right" (Disco Selection Mix) B2. "Paaarty" (Deep Star version) Australian maxi-CD single "Fight for Your Right (To Party)" (single version) – 3:20 "Fight for Your Right (To Party)" (extended version) – 5:55 "Paaarty" (Deep Star version) – 10:14 Credits and personnel Credits are lifted from the European CD single liner notes. Studio Recorded and mixed at Boogie Park Studio (Hamburg, Germany) Personnel Rick Rubin, Beastie Boys – writing Dee Jay Sören – production, recording, mixing Lacarone – executive production CASK – "N.Y.C.C." tag Charts Weekly charts Chart (1998)PeakpositionAustralia 12 N.Y.C.C. Fight for Your Right (To Party) October 9, 2020 "ausnycc"Austria 13 N.Y.C.C. Fight for Your Right (To Party) October 9, 2020Flanders 16 N.Y.C.C. Fight for Your Right (To Party) October 9, 2020Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Music & Media 15 17 10 April 25, 1998 October 9, 2020 https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-04-25.pdf22Finland 14 N Y C C Fight for Your Right (To Party) July 29, 2026Germany 11 N.Y.C.C. Fight for Your Right (To Party) 3646 October 9, 2020Ireland2 11 Fight for Your Right (To Party) October 9, 2020 "irenycc"New Zealand 13 N.Y.C.C. Fight for Your Right (To Party) October 9, 2020Norway 2 N.Y.C.C. Fight for Your Right (To Party) October 9, 2020Scotland 2 19980530 October 9, 2020Sweden 3 N.Y.C.C. Fight for Your Right (To Party) October 9, 2020Switzerland 19 N.Y.C.C. Fight for Your Right (To Party) October 9, 2020UK 14 19980530 October 9, 2020UKdance 23 19980530 October 9, 2020UKindependent 2 19980530 October 9, 2020 Year-end charts Chart (1998)RankAustralia (ARIA) ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 1998 ARIA Charts 13 July 2019 http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-1998.htm 2013-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20130603070422/http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-1998.htm51Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) Jaaroverzichten 1998 Ultratop October 9, 2020 https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1998 nl91Germany (Media Control) Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1998 GfK Entertainment October 9, 2020 https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1998 de68Sweden (Hitlistan) Årslista Singlar – År 1998 http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=19980001 Hitlistan dead July 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150722002645/http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=19980001 sv31 Certifications Australia single Gold 1998 1998 October 9, 2020 Sweden single Gold 1998 1998 October 9, 2020 true Other notable covers and cultural usage On August 2, 2009, Coldplay performed an acoustic piano-based version of this song during their concert on the final night of the All Points West concert series as a tribute to the Beastie Boys, who were unable to perform on opening night following Adam Yauch's announcement that he had cancer. Coldplay Soar at All Points West with Anthems, Beastie Boys Cover Rolling Stone August 3, 2009 February 20, 2014 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/coldplay-soar-at-all-points-west-with-anthems-beastie-boys-cover-20090803 The band performed this version again on May 4, 2012, at their concert at the Hollywood Bowl as a tribute to Yauch, who had died earlier that day. Coldplay pay tribute to Adam Yauch with Fight for Your Right performance Metro May 5, 2012 February 20, 2014 http://metro.co.uk/2012/05/05/coldplay-pay-tribute-to-adam-yauch-with-fight-for-your-right-performance-414812/ Singer/songwriter Cara Quici sampled the song and added new lyrics for her 2013 song "Fight"July 22, 2013 Cara Quici http://www.maxim.com/todays-girl/cara-quici dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140518012522/http://www.maxim.com/todays-girl/cara-quici May 18, 2014 December 2, 2013 Maxim personally approved by Rick Rubin and licensed by Sony ATV and Universal Music Group. The "Fight" video by Cara Quici features a cameo by Dennis Rodman.Kellman Andy Cara Quici – Artist Biography http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cara-quici-mn0002583665/biography February 20, 2014 AllMusic After winning the 2019 AFC Championship Game, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce chanted "You gotta fight for your right to party!" in his postgame interview. Michael Shapiro Chiefs TE Travis Kelce Channels Beastie Boys in AFC Championship Celebration Sports Illustrated January 19, 2020 February 4, 2021 https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/01/20/travis-kelce-channels-beastie-boys-after-afc-championship After the Chiefs' victory in Super Bowl LIV, Kelce again used the chant from the song at the victory parade in Kansas City. The song's main chorus has since become a cultural reference among Chiefs fans, and in the 2020 season became the song played at Chiefs home games to celebrate after each touchdown scored by the team. Charles Goldman Reminder: Chiefs have a new touchdown song coming for 2020 USA Today May 15, 2020 February 4, 2021 https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2020/05/15/kansas-city-chiefs-touchdown-song-you-gotta-fight-for-your-right-to-party-beastie-boys/ Kelce continued the tradition through his second and third Super Bowl wins with the Chiefs, even performing the song with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots on The Tonight Show. Travis Kelce: Epic Karaoke sesh w/ Fallon TMZ February 17, 2023 February 17, 2023 https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/17/travis-kelce-belts-out-fight-for-your-right-with-jimmy-fallon-in-epic-karaoke-sesh/ Mötley Crüe covered this song on their 2024 EP Cancelled.https://blabbermouth.net/news/motley-crue-announces-cancelled-three-song-ep MÖTLEY CRÜE Announces 'Cancelled' Three-Song EP Blabbermouth.net August 26, 2024 August 23, 2024 References 25em External links Fight For Your Right Revisited at Hulu Category:1986 songs Category:1987 singles Category:1998 singles Category:American hard rock songs Category:Beastie Boys songs Category:Columbia Records singles Category:Def Jam Recordings singles Category:Kansas City Chiefs Category:Song recordings produced by Rick Rubin Category:Songs about parties Category:Songs written by Ad-Rock Category:Songs written by Adam Yauch Category:Songs written by Mike D Category:Songs written by Rick Rubin Category:Quotations from hip-hop Category:Quotations from music Category:1986 quotations