In A World Gone Mad

In a World Gone Mad is an anti-war protest song released by the Beastie Boys. It was made available in March 2003 on the band's website in MP3 format as a free download. In its lyrics it directly references the war on terror and war on Iraq as well as political figures George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein.

Beastie Boys
  • Mike D
  • Ad-Rock
  • John Berry
  • Kate Schellenbach
  • MCA
Studio albums
  • Licensed to Ill (1986)
  • Paul's Boutique (1989)
  • Check Your Head (1992)
  • Ill Communication (1994)
  • Hello Nasty (1998)
  • To the 5 Boroughs (2004)
  • The Mix-Up (2007)
  • Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (2011)
Compilation albums
  • Some Old Bullshit (1994)
  • The In Sound from Way Out! (1996)
  • Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science (1999)
  • Solid Gold Hits (2005)
EPs
  • Polly Wog Stew (1982)
  • Pretzel Nugget (1994)
  • Root Down (1995)
  • Aglio e Olio (1995)
  • Nasty Bits (1998)
  • Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1) (1999)
  • The Mix-Up Bonus Tracks (2008)
Live members
  • Rick Rubin
  • Doctor DrĂ©
  • DJ Hurricane
  • Money Mark
  • Eric Bobo
  • Amery Smith
  • Alfredo Ortiz
  • Mix Master Mike
Associated acts
  • The Young Aborigines
  • The Young and the Useless
  • Dust Brothers
  • Mario Caldato, Jr.
  • BS 2000
  • The Latch Brothers
Filmography
  • Krush Groove
  • Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
  • "Hell Is Other Robots"
  • Beastie Boys Video Anthology
  • Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot
  • Fight for Your Right Revisited
Related articles
  • Discography
  • Grand Royal
  • Rat Cage
  • Def Jam
  • Capitol
  • The Beastles
  • Oscilloscope Laboratories

Famous quotes containing the words world and/or mad:

    “... perhaps there exists only one intelligence from which the world sublets, one intelligence toward which each person, from the depths of his individual body, directs his gaze, as in the theater where, though each has a seat, however, there is only one stage.... But if it we all shared the same intelligence, [Bergotte] would, upon hearing me express [my ideas], remember them, love them, smile at them....”
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

    “It is scarcely exaggeration to say that if one is not a little mad about Balzac at twenty, one will never live; and if at forty one can still take Rastignac and Lucien de Rubempre at Balzac’s own estimate, one has lived in vain.”
    —Willa Cather (1873–1947)