Street Fighting Man - Legacy

Legacy

"Street Fighting Man" has been covered by many artists. Rod Stewart covered it on the debut solo album An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down. Oasis recorded a version that was released as the B-side to their 1998 single "All Around the World". The song can be found on the fourth and last studio album by Rage Against the Machine, titled Renegades. It appears on Mötley Crüe's Red, White & Crüe album as well as the Ramones' 2002 re-release of Too Tough to Die. The band Prima Donna performed a live cover early in their career. The band Lake Trout recorded the song for their album Not Them, You. The band Tesla also covered this song on their covers album Real to Reel which can be found on the rare disk 2 track number 5. (You needed to attend a concert during the Reel to Reel tour to obtain this disk.)

Guitarist Pete Townshend of The Who has claimed that the staccato beat–rhythm structure of "Street Fighting Man" is the inspiration for "I'm Free" on Tommy.

Dave Perkins & Lynn Nichols covered the song in their side project "Passafist".

In 2009, the Australian rock band Sick Puppies used the first 15 seconds of Rage Against The Machine's version for their single "Street Fighter (War)".

Radio personalities Opie and Anthony use Rage Against the Machine's version as part of the opening theme for their show.

The song plays over the end credits of the film V for Vendetta and during the documentary Sicko. It is also used in the film State of Grace.

Wes Anderson used the track in his 2009 stop-motion animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox.

The Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League have used the song as their unofficial theme song, taking the ice at home games as the song plays in the First Niagara Center.