“Follow the Leaders”

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“Follow the Leaders” is a politically charged post-punk song by the English band Killing Joke, known for its driving rhythm and dark, apocalyptic tone.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Follow Your Leaders 1
Follow the Leaders 1
Follow the Leaders (Dub) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album What’s THIS For…! ⓘ
artist Killing Joke ⓘ
bSide Follow the Leaders (Dub) ⓘ
Tension ⓘ
chartPositionUKSingles 55 ⓘ
composer Geordie Walker ⓘ
Jaz Coleman ⓘ
Paul Ferguson ⓘ
Youth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy Empire Song ⓘ
linked to: “Empire Song”
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre new wave ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature distorted guitar ⓘ
heavy drum patterns ⓘ
prominent bass line ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
hasQuality apocalyptic tone ⓘ
driving rhythm ⓘ
politically charged ⓘ
includedIn Killing Joke live setlists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:04 ⓘ
lyricalTheme apocalypse ⓘ
mass conformity ⓘ
political manipulation ⓘ
lyricist Jaz Coleman ⓘ
partOf What’s THIS For…! ⓘ
partOfSeries early 1980s Killing Joke singles ⓘ
performer Killing Joke ⓘ
performerMember Geordie Walker ⓘ
Jaz Coleman ⓘ
Paul Ferguson ⓘ
Youth ⓘ
precededBy Requiem ⓘ
producer Killing Joke ⓘ
Nick Launay ⓘ
recordLabel E.G. Records ⓘ
Malicious Damage ⓘ
releaseDate 1981-05-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1981 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Killing Joke → notableWork → “Follow the Leaders” ⓘ
First World Manifesto → hasTrack → Follow Your Leaders ⓘ
linked to: “Follow the Leaders”
Follow the Leaders → bSide → Follow the Leaders (Dub) ⓘ
subject linked to: “Follow the Leaders”
linked to: “Follow the Leaders”
Empire Song → follows → Follow the Leaders ⓘ
subject linked to: “Empire Song”
linked to: “Follow the Leaders”