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The song was used as intro music for the Augepisode of The Opie & Jim Norton show. We have to look to the young, to the new generations to put it in the simplest terms to save our world, to rebuild our world, Patti, age 71, tells Yahoo. People Have The Power lyrics, artist Patti Smith lyrics: I was dreaming in my dreaming / of an aspect bright and fair / and my sleeping it was broken / but. On December 7, to close their show and the tour at Accorhotels Arena, U2 invited The Eagles of Death Metal to sing this song, for their first public live performance after the slaughter which occurred during their show at the Bataclan in Paris on November 13, 2015. The elder Smith is clearly proud of her daughter’s achievements with Pathway to Paris and has hope that Jesse’s generation can keep our planet and the spirit of People Have the Power alive.
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Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Smith herself joined them to close their show with the song at London's O2 Arena on October 29, 2015, as well as the Decemshow at Accorhotels Arena in Paris. Join Facebook to connect with Patti Smith and others you may know. For most of U2's Innocence + Experience Tour, the group has used "People Have the Power" as its entrance music. Patti Smith not only established a place for female involvement in the Punk Rock Movement, but she is also a legendary musician who has used her music throughout her career as a means of political activism.
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The song was ranked number 22 on NME magazine's list of the "Singles of the Year". The music video is filmed mostly in black-and-white and features Patti Smith singing, writing and walking. The cover photograph is by Robert Mapplethorpe. "People Have the Power" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith, and released as a lead single from Patti Smith 1988 album Dream of Life.