She told Mojo in a 2018 interview: 'Fred wanted it to be sung by people all over the world. 'People Have the Power' was largely ignored when it came out on Dream of Life, but it has since become one of Patti Smith's best known songs. The song was used as intro music for the Augepisode of The Opie & Jim Norton show. This song hit 19 on the Mainstream Rock chart. On December 7, to close their show and the tour at Accorhotels Arena, U2 invited The Eagles of Death Metal to sing this song, for their first public live performance after the slaughter which occurred during their show at the Bataclan in Paris on November 13, 2015. Escucha música online y consigue nuevas recomendaciones, solo en Last. Smith herself joined them to close their show with the song at London's O2 Arena on October 29, 2015, as well as the Decemshow at Accorhotels Arena in Paris. Encuentra la letra de Patti Smith People Have the Power y busca a Patti Smith. People Have the Power is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Fred Sonic Smith, and released as a lead single from Patti Smith 1988 album Dream of. For most of U2's Innocence + Experience Tour, the group has used 'People Have the Power' as its entrance music. The song was ranked number 22 on NME magazine's list of the 'Singles of the Year'. The music video is filmed mostly in black-and-white and features Patti Smith singing, writing and walking. The cover photograph is by Robert Mapplethorpe. 'People Have the Power' is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Fred 'Sonic' Smith, and released as a lead single from Patti Smith 1988 album Dream of Life.

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