"Another Brick in the Wall" was a 1979 single by Pink Floyd that also appeared on their 1979 concept album, The Wall. On The Wall, the song is broken up into three separate pieces ("Part I", "Part II", and "Part III").

In 1980, the song was adopted as a protest anthem by black students during the "Elsie's River" uprising in South Africa protesting the racial propaganda and bias in the official curriculum.

"Part II" is one of Pink Floyd's best known works, with its distinctive performance of the chorus by 23 London schoolchildren. (The chorus was dubbed over 12 times to give the impression that the choir was larger.) In 2004, a former Islington Green School student began taking action to recover unpaid royalties due to him for performances of the song.

In 2004 the nu metal band KoЯn covered the three parts of "Another Brick in The Wall" for their album Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (adding their own ending).

External links

• BBC story on royalties suit
• Songfacts.com - "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II"