The Pusher

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"The Pusher" is a 1968 rock song by Steppenwolf, best known for its anti-drug message and prominent use in the film Easy Rider.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Pusher canonical 6
The Pusher – Steppenwolf 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock song ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Steppenwolf ⓘ
associatedAct Steppenwolf ⓘ
composer Hoyt Axton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decadeOfRelease 1960s ⓘ
describedAs anti-drug song ⓘ
featuredInFilm Easy Rider ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1968 ⓘ
genre psychedelic rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasAntiDrugTheme true ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme drug dealing ⓘ
drug use ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
hasNotableUsage opening sequence of Easy Rider ⓘ
hasSubject consequences of hard drugs ⓘ
drug pusher ⓘ
hasTitle The Pusher ⓘ
includedIn Easy Rider soundtrack ⓘ
linked to: Easy Rider
language English ⓘ
lyricist Hoyt Axton ⓘ
medium audio recording ⓘ
notableFor anti-drug message ⓘ
originallyWrittenBy Hoyt Axton ⓘ
partOf Steppenwolf’s repertoire ⓘ
performer Steppenwolf ⓘ
recordingArtist Steppenwolf ⓘ
usedInSoundtrackOf Easy Rider ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Easy Rider → featuresSong → The Pusher ⓘ
Classic Masters → includesWork → The Pusher ⓘ
The Pusher → hasTitle → The Pusher ⓘ
Evan Hunter → wrote → The Pusher ⓘ
Steppenwolf → notableWork → The Pusher ⓘ
Hoyt Axton → wroteSong → The Pusher ⓘ
Hoyt Axton → songPopularizedBy → The Pusher – Steppenwolf ⓘ
linked to: The Pusher