Tom Morello and the band from Scotland celebrated the achievement through their social networks.
Rage Against The Machine and Franz Ferdinand They are the last to join the Spotify Billions Clubwith their respective songs “Killing In The Name” and “Take Me Out” accumulating a number of billion views.
The leader of Rage, Tom Morelloacknowledged the milestone on Saturday, thanking “all those who heard” the politically charged single, including “those who love it, those who hate it, and those who have enjoyed it without understanding it.”
“A reliable proof that rebellious music and irony are still alive and current”he added.
“Killing In The Name” is from the band’s 1992 self-titled debut album and was written in the wake of the Los Angeles riots of that year. The song reflects on the city’s racist police, whom Morello previously described as “lackeys and bootlicking thugs of the racist capitalist ruling class.”
In the years since its release, the song has been adopted by protesters around the world. In 2020, amid protests across the United States following the murder of George FloydMorello praised protesters in Portland for chanting the aforementioned ‘Killing In The Name’ line at police officers. “Well, that’s what it’s for!” he said on Twitter.
Franz Ferdinand celebrated the achievement of “Take Me Out” on Spotify
Franz Ferdinand, for his part, shared the news via Instagram on Thursday (January 9), writing: “We just found out that ‘Take Me Out’ has reached 1 billion streams on @spotify. Thanks to all the crazy streamers. Anyway, enough of that. ‘The Human Fear’ is what we’re doing now and it’s out tomorrow [10 de enero]”.
“Take Me Out” was the second single from the band’s 2004 self-titled debut studio album.. Upon release, the song reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.
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