Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

"Another Brick in the Wall"
Song series by Pink Floyd
from the album The Wall
Published	Pink Floyd Music Publishers
Released	30 November 1979
Recorded	April–November 1979
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	9:08 (All three parts) 3:21 (Part 1) 3:59 (Part 2) 1:48 (Part 3) 5:43 (Radio Edit)
Label	Harvest (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour James Guthrie Roger Waters

"Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1)"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album The Wall
Published	Pink Floyd Music Publishers
Released	30 November 1979 (UK) 8 December 1979 (US)
Recorded	April–November 1979
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	3:21
Label	Harvest (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin David Gilmour James Guthrie Roger Waters

"Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Wall
B-side	"One of My Turns"
Released	23 November 1979 (UK) 8 January 1980 (US)
Format	7-inch single
Recorded	April–November 1979
Genre	Progressive rock disco
Length	3:11 (single version) 3:59 (album version) 3:54 (A Collection of Great Dance Songs version)
Label	Harvest (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin David Gilmour James Guthrie Roger Waters
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Have a Cigar" (1975) "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" (1979) "Run Like Hell" (1980)
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"Another Brick in the Wall (Part 3)"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album The Wall
Published	Pink Floyd Music Publishers
Released	30 November 1979 (UK) 8 December 1979 (US)
Recorded	April–November 1979
Genre	Progressive rock hard rock
Length	1:48
Label	Harvest (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin David Gilmour James Guthrie Roger Waters

"Another Brick in the Wall, Pts. 1–3"
Single by Korn
from the album Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Released	2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Progressive metal
Length	7:08
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Jonathan Davis Korn Frank Filipetti
Korn singles chronology
"Word Up!" (2004) "Another Brick in the Wall, Pts. 1–3" (2004) "Twisted Transistor" (2005)

"Another Brick in the Wall" is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic theme, on Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera, The Wall, subtitled Part 1 (working title "Reminiscing"), Part 2 (working title "Education"), and Part 3 (working title "Drugs"). All parts were written by Pink Floyd's bassist, Roger Waters.

Part 2 is a protest song against rigid schooling in general and boarding schools in the UK in particular. It was also released as a single and provided the band's only number-one hit in the United Kingdom, the United States, West Germany and many other countries. In addition, in the US, along with the tracks, "Run Like Hell", and "Don't Leave Me Now", "Another Brick in the Wall" reached number fifty-seven on the disco chart.

In the UK, Part 2 was Pink Floyd's first single since 1968's "Point Me at the Sky"; the song was also the final number-one single of the 1970s. For Part 2, Pink Floyd received a Grammy nomination for Best Performance by a Rock Duo or Group and lost to Bob Seger's "Against the Wind". In addition, Part 2 was number 375 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The single sold over 4 million copies worldwide.

That single, as well as the album The Wall, were banned in South Africa in 1980 after the song was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting racial inequities in education under the apartheid regime.

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