(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) – Beastie Boys

“(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)” (sometimes shortened to “Fight for Your Right”) is a song by American group the Beastie Boys, released as the fourth single released from their debut album Licensed to Ill (1986).

The song, written by Adam Yauch and band friend Tom “Tommy Triphammer” Cushman (who appears in the video), was intended as an ironic parody of “party” and “attitude”-themed songs, such as “Smokin’ in the Boys Room” and “I Wanna Rock”. However, the irony was lost on most listeners. Mike D commented that, “The only thing that upsets me is that we might have reinforced certain values of some people in our audience when our own values were actually totally different. There were tons of guys singing along to “Fight for Your Right” who were oblivious to the fact it was a total goof on them.