Tire Me (song)
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| Single by Rage Against the Machine from the album Evil Empire |
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| Released | 1996 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | 1995 - 1996 | ||||
| Genre | Rapcore Alternative rock |
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| Length | 3:00 | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Producer | Rage Against the Machine | ||||
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Tire Me is the sixth song and third single from the album Evil Empire by Rage Against the Machine.
Although "Tire Me" never did have a video, nor any radio airplay, the song won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
According to de la Rocha, this song was written to celebrate the death of Richard Nixon.
The song is heard in and credited in the movie Higher Learning, although does not appear on the soundtrack (the song Year of tha Boomerang does appear on the soundtrack).
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| Tim Commerford · Zack de la Rocha · Tom Morello · Brad Wilk | |
| Studio albums | Rage Against the Machine · Evil Empire · The Battle of Los Angeles · Renegades |
| Live releases | Live & Rare · Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium |
| Singles | 1993: "Killing in the Name" · "Bullet in the Head" · "Bombtrack" · | 1994: "Freedom" · "Year of tha Boomerang" | 1996: "Bulls on Parade" · "People of the Sun" · "Down Rodeo" · "Tire Me" | 1997: "Vietnow" | 1998: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" · "No Shelter" | 1999: "Guerrilla Radio" | 2000: "Sleep Now in the Fire" · "Testify" · "Calm Like a Bomb" | 2001: "Renegades of Funk" · "How I Could Just Kill a Man" |
| Videography | Rage Against the Machine · The Battle of Mexico City · Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium |
| Related articles | Full discography · Inside Out · Lock Up · Audioslave · The Nightwatchman |