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From album
Evil Empire
Rage Against the Machine · 1996 · Track 11
Details
TonalidadE
Compás4/4
Tempo152 BPM
Duración3:59
ÁlbumEvil Empire
Año1996
ISRCUSSM19502596
Fun facts
Rage Against the Machine released «Year of tha Boomerang» as part of the soundtrack for *Higher Learning* in 1994. The song, which is called «Year of the Boomerang» on the back of the album, was released as a promotional single on CD, but was never officially released. It is a track that blends rap and metal, as is typical for the band.
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The story behind
Rage Against the Machine played Year of tha Boomerang at a concert in Carson, California, on April 29, 1994. The song appeared in the soundtrack of the movie *Higher Learning*, and on the back of the album it is called Year of the Boomerang. It was released as a promotional single, but never came out in regular format.
The track was recorded along with other songs for the album *Evil Empire*, which came out in 1996. The album's title was a political twist, used by conservatives to call the USSR "Imperio del Mal", but the band took it the other way around, criticizing the United States. The song lasts 4 minutes and was written by all four members.
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