Rise

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"Rise"
Single by Public Image Ltd
from the album Album
A-side	Rise
B-side	Rise (Instrumental)
Released	January 21, 1986 (UK)
Format	7" & 12" vinyl
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	6:05 (album version) 4:27 (single edit)
Label	Virgin VS 841-12
Writer(s)	John Lydon, Bill Laswell
Producer	John Lydon, Bill Laswell
Public Image Ltd singles chronology
"Bad Life" (1984) "Rise" (1986) "Home" (1986)
Alternative cover 12" cover

"Rise" is a single released by post-punk group Public Image Ltd in 1986. It was the first single from their fifth studio album, Album.

The song was written by John Lydon about the issue of apartheid in South Africa, which was a very prevalent issue in the 1980s. It was one of the group's biggest commercial hits, peaking at #11 on the UK Singles Chart and being featured on albums in both the Hits and Now That's What I Call Music! series in the UK. The song contains the phrase 'May The Road Rise With You', which is an old Irish blessing.

"Rise" was featured in the films "The Rules of Attraction", "The Promotion", and "Remarkable Power".

Steve Vai contributes his guitar work to the track.

The song was covered by Australian Industrial Metal band Jerk on their debut album When Pure Is Defiled. It was also covered by Tripping Daisy on the EP Time Capsule (1997). It has also been covered on Adrian Edmondson's folk band the Bad Shepherds' debut album, Yan, Tyan, Tethera, Methera! (2009). Brazilian rock band Legião Urbana covered it on their MTV Acústico album and DVD.

The music video was featured in a Beavis and Butt-Head music segment where they changed the channel in disapproval.

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