You're Gonna Get Yours

"You're Gonna Get Yours"
Single by Public Enemy
from the album Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Released	1987
Recorded	1986
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:04
Label	Def Jam
Songwriter(s)	Chuck D Hank Shocklee
Public Enemy singles chronology
"Public Enemy #1" (1986) "You're Gonna Get Yours" (1987) "Rebel Without a Pause" (1987)

"You're Gonna Get Yours" (sometimes subtitled "My 98 Oldsmobile") is a 1987 single by hip hop group Public Enemy from their debut album Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987).^[1] Chuck D references the Oldsmobile 98 automobile in the song's lyrics.^[2] It peaked at number 88 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3][4] According to Rolling Stone, the song helped Chuck D and production team Bomb Squad "[introduce] an intense, booming new sound and an urgent social and political message to rap music".^[1]

MARRS sampled the song in their 1987 hit single "Pump Up the Volume".^[5] Public Enemy fans Red Hot Chili Peppers have been known to use the song as an intro jam during live performances of their own song, "Give It Away".^[6][7]

The song was also featured in the 1999 British-Irish independent film Human Traffic.^[8]

References

1. Blashill, Pat; De Curtis, Anthony; Edmonds, Ben; Edwards, Gavin; Eliscu, Jonny; Frickle, David; Kemp, Mark (2003). "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 17, 2024 – via EBSCOhost.
2. Pareles, Jon (May 10, 1987). "DEFIANCE AND RAGE HONE A DEBUT RAP ALBUM". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2024 – via ProQuest.
3. "Official Singles Chart, 12 July 1987 – 18 July 1987". Official Charts. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
4. "Official Singles Chart, 19 July 1987 – 25 July 1987". Official Charts. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
5. Cross, Alan (May 25, 2023). "Throwback Thursday: M|A|R|R|S and Pump Up the Volume (1987)". Global News. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
6. "Red Hot Chili Peppers Stream Their Lollapalooza 2006 Set". SPIN. May 21, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
7. Pelley, Rich (December 29, 2022). "Chuck D: 'Bringing rap to the UK was our British invasion'". The Guardian. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
8. "Human Traffic: "siamo giunti al weekend"". Onda Musicale (in Italian). July 12, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2024.