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"Don't Believe the Hype" 
Single by Public Enemy from the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back B-side "Prophets of Rage" & "The Rhythm The Rebel" Released 1988 Format 12" Genre Political hip hop Length 5:23 Label Def Jam/Columbia/CBS Records Writer(s) Carl Ridenhour/Hank Shocklee/Eric "Vietnam" Sadler/William Drayton Producer The Bomb Squad Public Enemy singles chronology "Bring the Noise"
(1989)"Don't Believe the Hype"
(1989)"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"
(1989)"Don't Believe the Hype" is the second single of Public Enemy's second album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The song's lyrics are mostly about the political issues that were current in the U.S. at the time of its release. "Don't Believe the Hype" charted at number 18 on the U.S. R&B chart.
It reached a high of 18 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1988. The b-side included "Prophets of Rage" and "The Rhythm The Rebel" which is an acapella of the opening verse from "Rebel Without a Pause" which was a popular scratching phrase.
Charts
Chart (1988) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles 21 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 17 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 18 Discography · Filmography · Awards and nominations Studio albums Collaboration albums Singles "Bounce with Me" · "Bow Wow (That's My Name)" · "Puppy Love" · "Ghetto Girls" · "Thank You" · "Take Ya Home" · "Basketball" · "Let's Get Down" · "My Baby" · "Let Me Hold You" · "Like You" · "Fresh Azimiz" · "Shortie Like Mine" · "Outta My System" · "I'm a Flirt" · "Girlfriend" · "Hey Baby (Jump Off)" · "Marco Polo" · "Big Girls" · "Roc the Mic" · "You Can Get It All" · "For My Hood" · "Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You" · "Sweat"Featured singles "Baby It's You" · "I Think They Like Me" · "Side 2 Side" · "Lil' L.O.V.E." · "Easy" · "Hydrolics" · "I'm Grown" · "Every Night"Chuck D • Flavor Flav • Professor Griff • DJ Lord • S1W
Terminator X • Sister SouljahStudio albums Yo! Bum Rush the Show • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back • Fear of a Black Planet • Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black • Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age • He Got Game • There's a Poison Goin' On • Revolverlution • New Whirl Odor • Rebirth of a Nation • How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?Live releases Fight the Power… Live! • The Enemy Strikes Live • Tour of a Black Planet • It Takes a Nation: London Invasion 1987 • Fight the Power: Greatest Hits Live!Compilations Greatest Misses • Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits • Beats and PlacesSingles "Public Enemy No. 1" • "You're Gonna Get Yours" • "Rebel Without a Pause" • "Bring the Noise" • "Don't Believe the Hype" • "Night of the Living Baseheads" • "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" • "Fight the Power" • "Welcome to the Terrordome" • "Brothers Gonna Work It Out" • "911 Is a Joke" • "Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man" • "Can't Truss It" • "Shut 'Em Down" • "Nighttrain" • "Hazy Shade of Criminal" • "Give It Up" • "I Stand Accused" • "So Watcha Gonna Do Now" • "He Got Game" • "Do You Wanna Go Our Way???" • "Black is Back" • "Harder Than You Think"Related articles Categories:- Public Enemy songs
- 1989 songs
- Songs produced by Rick Rubin
- Hip hop song stubs
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