Year of tha Boomerang
| "Year of the Boomerang" | ||||
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| Promotional single by Rage Against the Machine | ||||
| from the album Higher Learning and Evil Empire | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Rap metal | |||
| Length | 4:01 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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"Year of tha Boomerang" is a song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. It originally appeared in the film and on the soundtrack of Higher Learning in 1994 and was eventually included on their second studio album, Evil Empire (1996). On the back of the soundtrack, the song is called "Year of the Boomerang". Although the track was released as a promotional radio CD single, it was never given a domestic release.
"Year of the Boomerang" made its live debut at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson, California on April 29, 1994.
Personnel
Written in the liner notes as Guilty Parties:
- Zack de la Rocha – vocals
- Tim Commerford – bass
- Brad Wilk – drums
- Tom Morello – guitars
In popular culture
In 2019, supporters of the QAnon movement co-opted "Year of tha Boomerang" to assert that the lyrics support the agenda of the movement's leader and allude to former President Barack Obama's citizenship, even though the song and the band's lyrics as a whole are considered left-wing, and the fact the song was released in 1994, fourteen years before Obama was elected president.[1]
References
- ^ Mantyla, Kyle (July 30, 2019). "Year Of The Boomerang: QAnon Meets Rage Against The Machine". Right Wing Watch.