Cult of Personality by Living Colour

E600044
single song

"Cult of Personality" by Living Colour is a politically charged hard rock song from 1988 known for its distinctive riff and commentary on charismatic leaders.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
"Cult of Personality" by Living Colour 1
Cult of Personality by Living Colour canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Living Colour NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMovement late-1980s alternative metal scene ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceivedYear 1990 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 13 ⓘ
chartPositionUSMainstreamRock 9 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
featuresSpokenWordSamplesOf Franklin D. Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ
John F. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malcolm X NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre funk metal ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
heavy metal ⓘ
hasGuitarSoloBy Vernon Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLiveStapleStatusFor Living Colour NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainInstrument electric guitar ⓘ
hasNotableFeature distinctive guitar riff ⓘ
spoken-word political samples ⓘ
includedInAlbum Vivid NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDebutSingleOf Living Colour NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:54 ⓘ
lyricalTheme charismatic leaders ⓘ
cult of personality ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Mark Miremont NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf late 1980s rock music ⓘ
performer Living Colour NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Ed Stasium NERFINISHED ⓘ
Living Colour NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankedInList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedIn New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Epic Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1988-07-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1988 ⓘ
subjectOf political and cultural analysis ⓘ
tempo fast ⓘ
usedAsEntranceThemeFor CM Punk NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInMedium professional wrestling ⓘ
writer Corey Glover NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muzz Skillings NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vernon Reid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Will Calhoun NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Punk → usesEntranceTheme → Cult of Personality by Living Colour ⓘ
subject surface form: CM Punk
CM Punk → entranceThemeWWE → Cult of Personality by Living Colour ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour