"Broken Silence" | ||||
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Single by So Solid Crew | ||||
from the album 2nd Verse | ||||
Released | 15 September 2003 | |||
Format | CD | |||
Recorded | 2003 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, UK garage | |||
Length | 4.11 | |||
Label | Independiente Records | |||
Producer(s) | Mr. Shabz | |||
So Solid Crew singles chronology | ||||
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"Broken Silence" is a single by the UK garage/grime act So Solid Crew. It was released on 15 September 2003, and reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart. The song spoke out against the government prejudice they felt they had faced.
It is the only known top 40 single in the UK to contain a 17-letter word - 'institutionalised', found in the lyric "It's like we're imprisoned in the ghetto and it's getting to me/To the point where I'm feeling institutionalised/Look in my eyes, you'll see pain in it, but who can decide?". The video for the song was shot in Feltham, West London.