Paul Revere (song)

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"Paul Revere"
Single by Beastie Boys from the album Licensed to Ill
Released	1986
Format	Single
Recorded	Spring 1986
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	3:41
Label	Def Jam/Columbia Records
Writer	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.

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.^[1]

Trivia

• At the Sydney leg of the Good Vibrations Festival in early 2007, Snoop Dogg performed the song with the Beastie Boys, saying it was one of his early favorite hip hop songs.^[2]
• In the song Rudebox, singer Robbie Williams copies the lyrics "I'll ride with you if you can get me to the border. The Sheriff's after me for what I did to his daughter".
• This beat is what was said to boost Lil' Wayne's career back in 2001 from the Lil' Wayne And Tha Sqad "SQ1" Mixtape.^{[attribution needed]}
• Busta Rhymes and Spliff Star recorded an interpolation of the song with DJ Green Lantern on the mixtape New York State of Mind.
• Cypress Hill also recorded an interpolation on their album Till Death Do Us Part.
• The drum loop is the drum riff from Walk This Way played backwards.
• Kia Shine sampled the reverse drum loop for the song "Krispy".
• Pitbull's new song "A Little Story" has elements taken from "Paul Revere" including the first line. The title of the song is also a reference to the Beastie Boys' hit.

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