Killing in the Name
~ Recording by Rage Against the Machine
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Killing in the Name | 5:16 | Rage Against the Machine | Killing in the Name | Rage Against the Machine | Single |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 01-658492-14, 658492 2 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine (BMG club edition) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Epic Associated | D110094, ZK 52959 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | ZK 52959 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | ZT 52959 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | CZK 52959 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine (CB 811) | Rage Against the Machine | Album | Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 472224 2 | |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | Z 52959 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | ZK 52959 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 472224 1, EPC 472224 1 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Sony Music Polska | EPC 472224 4 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album | Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 472224 2 | |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| SRCS 6608 | |
| 1.1 | Killing in the Name | 5:16 | Rage Against the Machine | Killing in the Name | Rage Against the Machine | Single |
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| 1.1 | Killing in the Name | 5:16 | Rage Against the Machine | Killing in the Name | Rage Against the Machine | Single |
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| 1.1 | Killing in the Name | 5:16 | Rage Against the Machine | Killing in the Name | Rage Against the Machine | Single |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 658492 2 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | 472224 2 |
| 1.8 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | De Afrekening, Vol. 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 474390-2 |
| 1.11 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | New Rock: Hard, Heavy and Grunge | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 516 217-2 |
| 1.3 | Killing in the Name | 5:17 | Rage Against the Machine | The Trip | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music New Zealand | 9548320652 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | 472224 2, 483788 2, SAMP 737 |
| 1.1 | Killing in the Name | 5:16 | Rage Against the Machine | Reservoir Rock, Volume II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Versailles (French label) | VER 484291 2 |
| 2.14 | Killing in the Name | 5:16 | Rage Against the Machine | Rock: The Train Kept A Rollin’ | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | J2K 65797 |
| 20.14 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.) | JXK 65750 |
| 1.5 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Best of Rock: The Ultimate Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 496655-2 |
| 1.3 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | The All Time Greatest Rock Songs of the Last 4 Decades | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 500543 2 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 472224 2 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine / Evil Empire / The Battle of Los Angeles | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 509507 2 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | ×2: Rage Against the Machine / Evil Empire | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 513394 9 000, EPC 513394 9 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | B000377402 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Official Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Rockstar Games | 0075021032156, 0075021032767, 0075021032774, 0075021033542 |
| 8.6 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack – Box Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | 0075021033467, 0075021033474, 0075021033481, 0075021033498, 0075021033504, 0075021033511, 0075021033528, 0075021033535 |
| 8.6 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack – Box Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) | B0003773-02 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | ×2: Rage Against the Machine / Evil Empire | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697146112 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EICP-922 |
| 1.20 | Killing in the Name Of | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Q: The Album: 2008 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697405112 |
| 2.1 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Triple J: Hottest 100 of All Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| triple j (imprint of ABC Music, Australia) | 5318795 |
| 1.39 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rock 66 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Music on Vinyl (imprint of Music on Vinyl B.V. do not use for manufacturing/distribution relationships!) | EPC 472224-1, MOVLP043 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 88697639702 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | The Collection | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 68993 2 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Music on Vinyl (imprint of Music on Vinyl B.V. do not use for manufacturing/distribution relationships!) | 472224 1, MOVLP043 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine XX (20th anniversary special edition) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88765412152 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine XX (20th anniversary edition) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88765412342 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine XX (20th anniversary special edition) | Rage Against the Machine | Album | Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88765412152 | |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine XX (20th anniversary deluxe edition) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 887654117625 |
| 2.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine XX (20th anniversary deluxe edition) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 887654117625 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine XX | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88765412342 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine XX (20th anniversary special edition) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | [none] |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine -20th Anniversary Edition- | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EICP-1567 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine (picture LP) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88765408931 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine XX | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88985381932 |
| 1.36 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | 40 Years of Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| triple j (imprint of ABC Music, Australia) | |
| 2.16 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | 40 Years of Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| triple j (imprint of ABC Music, Australia) | 5365471 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine (“We are Vinyl” 2015 reissue) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875111751 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | [none] |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine (remastered | SACD hybrid | numbered edition) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Audio Fidelity | AFZ 244 |
| 2.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine (remastered | SACD hybrid | numbered edition) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Audio Fidelity | AFZ 244 |
| 2.14 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rock: The Train Kept a Rollin’ | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | |
| 1.77 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | BBQ Classics: Best of 70s 80s 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine (Reissue) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 472224 2, EPC 472224 2 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine (CB 770) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 472224 2, 4722242003, EPC 472224 2 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | ZK 52959 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | ZK 52959 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album | Epic Associated | ZK 52959 | |
| 1.11 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | The No.1 DJ Collection: 2000's, Volume 15 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | CD917 |
| 15.11 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | The No.1 DJ Collection: 2000s (Digital Collection) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | SET474 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Killing in the Name | ?:?? | Rage Against the Machine | Killing in the Name / Bullet in the Head | Rage Against the Machine | Single |
| Epic Associated | ZAT 4842 |
| 1.6 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | ZAS 4832 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | ?:?? | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic Associated | ZT‒52959 |
| 1.3 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | An Epic Tour de Force | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | ESK 5294 |
| 1.1 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Killing in the Name | Rage Against the Machine | Single |
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| 1.8 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Lollapalooza ’93 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | CSK 5256 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | ?:?? | Rage Against the Machine | Runaway Train / Killing in the Name | Soul Asylum / Rage Against the Machine | Single |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 52.251 |
| 1.2 | Killing In The Name | ?:?? | Rage Against the Machine | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Official Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Rockstar Games | INTR 11278-2 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.14 | Killing in the Name | 5:16 | Rage Against the Machine | Braun MTV Eurochart: October 1993 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | Justify Those That Die | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Live |
| Kiss the Stone | KTS178 |
| 1.3 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | Killing in the Name | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Live |
| Live Line (bootleg label) | LL 15521 |
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rock Guerrillas | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Compilation |
| EPC 49199322001 | |
| 2.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:18 | Rage Against the Machine | 30 Songs for a Revolution | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.11 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Radio: Radio X (Music Only) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.18 | Killing in the Name Of | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | YTMND Soundtrack, Volume 10 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| YTMND | |
| 1.18 | Killing in the Name Of | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | YTMND Soundtrack, Volume 10 (Remastered) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
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| 1.8 | Killing in the Name | 5:16 | Rage Against the Machine | Greatest Hits | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Compilation |
| Star Mark (Russian bootleg production) | LDB 2117-1/2 |
| 1.2 | Killing In The Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against The Machine (Clear vinyl) | Rage Against the Machine | Album |
| Epic (counterfeit releases pretending to be on Epic) | Z 52959 |
| 4.17 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Greatest Hits of Modern Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Killing in the Name | 5:13 | Rage Against the Machine | Best 2000 | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.1 | Killing in the Name | 5:14 | Rage Against the Machine | Best Ever | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.2 | Killing in the Name | 5:15 | Rage Against the Machine | Platinum Collection 2000 | Rage Against the Machine | Album + Compilation |
| Platinum Collection (Russian bootleg label) | ND-371 |
Relationships
| additional assistant recording engineer: | Craig Doubet (recording engineer) |
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| assistant recording engineer: | Jeff Sheehan |
| recording engineer: | GGGarth (Canadian music producer and engineer) Stan Katayama |
| producer: | GGGarth (Canadian music producer and engineer) Rage Against the Machine |
| mixer: | Andy Wallace (engineer) |
| drums (drum set): | Brad Wilk |
| electric bass guitar: | Tim Commerford |
| electric guitar: | Tom Morello |
| lead vocals: | Zack de la Rocha |
| arranger: | Rage Against the Machine |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Epic Records (a division of Sony Music Entertainment; holding company, not a release label) (in 1992) Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1992) |
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| recorded at: | Scream Studios in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, United States Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States |
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| mixed at: | Quantum Sound Studios in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
| part of: | Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 8) (order: 8) NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (2012-10-25) (number: 32) (order: 32) Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 38) (order: 38) Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (2026-05-04) (number: 44) (order: 44) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 207) (order: 207) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/3FUS56gKr9mVBmzvlnodlh [info] |
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| stream video for free: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ [info] |
| recording of: | Killing in the Name |
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Related works
Killing in the Name
| lyricist: | Zack de la Rocha |
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| composer: | Tim Commerford Tom Morello Zack de la Rocha Brad Wilk |
| publisher: | Retribution Music Wixen Music Publishing (American music publishing company, affiliated to BMI) |
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| later translated parody versions: | Pullern in den Kochtopf |
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| later translated versions: | La Rage (Reich et Gain De Machine) |
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