From '' Another Brick In The Wall ''
Label: Millennium – YD-11793
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1980
Tracklist
A Another Brick In The Wall
Producer, Engineer – Geoffrey Chung
Written-By – Roger Waters
B Stand Up
Producer – Doug Frank, Jeanne Napoli
Written-By – Bernard Fowler, Doug Frank, Jeanne Napoli, Steven Brown
℗ 1980 Millennium Entertainment Corporation
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"Another Brick in the Wall" is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic theme, on Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera,
The Wall, subtitled Part 1 (work title Reminiscing), Part 2 (work title Education), and Part 3 (work title Drugs).
All parts were written by Pink Floyd's bassist, Roger Waters. Part II is a protest song against rigid schooling in general and boarding schools in particular, which led to the song being banned in South Africa during the apartheid regime.
It was also released as a single and provided the band's only number one hit in the United Kingdom, the United States, West Germany and many other countries. In addition, in the US, along with the tracks, "Run Like Hell", and "Don't Leave Me Now", "Another Brick in the Wall" reached number fifty-seven on the disco chart.
In the UK, it was their first single since 1968's "Point Me at the Sky": the song was also the final number one single of the 1970s.
For Part II, Pink Floyd received a Grammy nomination for Best Performance by a Rock Duo or Group and lost to Bob Seger's "Against the Wind". In addition, Part II was number 375 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The single sold over 4 million copies worldwide.
The single, as well as the album The Wall, were banned in South Africa in 1980 after the song was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting racial inequities in education.
Cover versions
A teacher in Chicago cut his own record as a rebuttal to Pink Floyd, changing the lyrics to "We all need an education."
In 1986, à;GRUMH... covered "Part II" on their Underground EP.
In 1995, Jaz Coleman released an album Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd, including symphonic arrangements of Pink Floyd songs including "Another Brick in the Wall".
In 1998, for the film The Faculty, "Part II" was covered by Class of '99. A cover of "Part I" also appeared on the soundtrack album.
In 1999, Salt 'n' Pepa sampled their 1998 hit 'Gitty Up' with Pink Floyd's instrumental version of Another Brick in the Wall as 'The Brick Track Versus Gitty Up', which became Salt 'n' Pepa's final U.K. hit of that year.
In 1999, Tournesol turned Parts I and II into an acoustic thump.
In 1999, the British Rock Symphony with Eric Burdon released a cover of "Part II".
In 1999, ApologetiX parodied the song under the name "Kick in the Wall Pt. 2" on their album Biblical Graffiti.
Since 2001, Umphrey's McGee has performed a cover of "Another Brick in the Wall" over 20 times live. On Halloween 2008, they combined "Another Brick in the Wall" with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to create a unique mash-up song.
In 2004, Korn released their version of the song on the compilation album Greatest Hits Volume 1, consisting of all three parts of "Another Brick in the Wall" and "Goodbye Cruel World".
In 2005, rock group Parason made a cover version of "Part II" named Vaša škoła (Ваша школа), meaning Your school in Belarusian.
In 2005, DJ Snatch produced an electric version of "Part II."
In 2005, Keller Williams released a bluegrass version of the song on the album Grass.
Lounge/comedy group Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered "Part II" on their 2006 album The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese.
In 2008, Out of Phase covered Parts I, II, and III as part of his 'The Wall' tribute.
In 2006, Revolting Cocks parodied the chorus of the song in the track "Revolting Cock au Lait", from the album Cocked and Loaded, alluding topics like masturbation and child sexual abuse.
In 2007, Eric Prydz released a remix of the song, entitled "Proper Education" which was released as a single.
In 2008, the song was covered by the Taliesin Orchestra on the band's Rock Rhapsody album.
Stahlhammer covers the song on their Killer Instinkt album.
Bob Rivers made two parodies called "Another Dick In The Mall" & "Another Kick In The Balls"
YelaWolf made a rap cover to the song with the same title.
Ulver for The Wall Re-Built! tribute compilation album for Mojo magazine (December 2009, issue 193)
"Hey Ayatollah" cover
A cover version designed to protest the Iranian government's actions during the 2009--2010 Iranian election protests, was created by the Toronto rock band "Blurred Vision.
"Las Mañanitas" version
During Roger Waters's The Wall Live Tour concerts in Mexico City during December 2010 he performed it as an "experiment" in front of his fans at the end of The Wall performance and using acoustic instruments to the delight of the mexican public.
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