“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.

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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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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”