Paul Revere

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"Paul Revere"
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Licensed to Ill
Released	1986
Format	7"
Recorded	Spring 1986
Genre	Hip-Hop
Length	3:41
Label	Def Jam/Columbia Records
Writer(s)	Adam Horovitz Joseph Simmons Darryl McDaniels Rick Rubin
Producer	Rick Rubin Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"The New Style" (1986) "Paul Revere" (1986) "Brass Monkey" (1987)

"Paul Revere" is the 9th track on Licensed to Ill by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys. It was written by Adam Horovitz, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Rick Rubin. It was produced by Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys. The song tells the fictional story of how the Beastie Boys met.

Adam Horovitz told how the song evolved from an incident when the Beastie Boys were waiting outside a recording studio for Run-D.M.C., when Joseph Simmons ("Run") suddenly came running down the street screaming incoherently. When he reached the Beastie Boys, he said "Here's a little story I got to tell...". After much confusion, Simmons stated "THAT's the song". The band worked on it from there. ^[1]

In 2007, an artist called Kia Shine released a single called "Krispy" with a similar beat, raising questions about copyright infringement.

Quotes

"I think that the whole concept of trying the drum backwards was a mistake, and then it turned into a record. Everybody was congratulating themselves on how creative they were, but in fact, it was really a mistake." - Russell Simmons.^[2]

Charts

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