We’re Not Gonna Take It
~ Recording by Twisted Sister
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 780 156-1 |
| 1.2 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 780 156-4 |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 80156-1 |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-80156-2 |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 80156-2 |
| 1.2 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 80156-2, 80156-2 | |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A2-80156 |
| 1.2 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry (Target Label) | Twisted Sister | Album | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 80156-2 | |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 32XD-134 |
| 1.11 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | All Time Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Quality Special Products | QRSPD-1053 |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A2-80156 |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 80156-2 |
| 1.1 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister | Twisted Sister | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 82380-2 |
| 1.1 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Big Hits and Nasty Cuts | Twisted Sister | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 7 82380-2, D 142900 |
| 1.1 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister | Twisted Sister | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Columbia House (direct-mailing distributor of club editions of releases) | A2 82380 |
| 1.1 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister | Twisted Sister | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A2 82380 |
| 1.1 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister | Twisted Sister | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-82380-2 |
| 1.1 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister | Twisted Sister | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A2 82380 |
| 4.7 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Readers Digest: Great Original Hits of the ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | RDCD4-585/3 |
| 1.9 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Hit Parader Magazine Salutes 20 Years of Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (International budget record label) | 6090-2 |
| 6.11 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | Heavy 100 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sounds Direct | A094/9031 79509 4 |
| 1.14 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | Guitar Rock: The Heavy '80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2747, R968-18 |
| 1.18 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:37 | Twisted Sister | Rock This Way | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-456 |
| 1.13 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits of the '80s, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72291 |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Best of 80's Metal Volume One: Bang Your Head | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Priority Records (US hip hop) | |
| 2.1 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Monsters of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | A-28806, A-28807, A2-28805 |
| 1.10 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:42 | Twisted Sister | Sounds of the Eighties: 1984-1985 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI-Capitol Special Markets, Time–Life Music | 72438-19536-2-4, R988-23 |
| 1.1 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | The 80's: Glam Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (International budget record label) | 3883-2 |
| 1.14 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | The No. 1 80's Rock Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | DGCD 148/149 |
| 1.5 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Hard Rock Café: 80's Heavy Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hard Rock Records (Hard Rock Cafe (cat.#: R...)), Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75257 |
| 1.11 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Monsters of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | 89004-2 |
| 1.3 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | Best of Rock This Way | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Madacy Entertainment | OPCD-1801, TL-2-5352 |
| 2.15 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Classic Rock: 1980-1984 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Time–Life Music | TL 559/22, TL559/22 | |
| 1.8 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Just The Hits: Metal Mania | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Metacom | 314545882-2 |
| 1.16 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | VH-1: The Big 80's Big Hair | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75842 |
| 1.1 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | MM - Metal Mayhem | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 314 541 815-2 |
| 1.13 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Frosh 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Canada | 314 560 343 2 |
| 1.10 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Doubleshot: Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-2792 |
| 1.10 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Doubleshot: Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (International budget record label) | 6426-2 |
| 2.12 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Hard Rock Essentials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Trans World Entertainment | 30033 |
| 1.3 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Awesome 80s, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Platinum Disc Corporation (La Crosse, WI) | 2247 |
| 1.12 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | Ultimate Metal Classics, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia House (direct-mailing distributor of club editions of releases) | OPCD-3582 |
| 2.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Hit Me With Your 80's Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | 314 585 379-2, 314 585 380-2 |
| 5.18 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Like, Omigod! The ’80s Pop Culture Box (Totally) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 78239 |
| 1.1 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | The Essentials | Twisted Sister | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.1 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | The Essentials | Twisted Sister | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | R2 76078 |
| 1.9 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | The World's Absolute Best Ever Beer Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!) | 5 43955 2 |
| 1.1 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | We're Not Gonna Take It and Other Hits | Twisted Sister | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino) | |
| 1.4 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Absolute Rock Classics 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records) | ACCD 3011 |
| 3.13 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | All That Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988) | 2564607872 |
| 1.11 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | Classic Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Som Livre | 0039 2 |
| 2.6 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Simply the Best 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music México | 66609120 |
| 1.61 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | 100 Hits Long Live Rock 'n' Roll | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RMG Records | RMG 1382 MP3 |
| 1.2 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | 100% Rock, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick (Imprint of Brunswick Record Corporation) | 060249820384(2) |
| 3.1 | We’re Not Going to Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | All the Beer Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing Australia | 5046784262 |
| 2.18 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:37 | Twisted Sister | Bogan! Simply the Best Pub Rock Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | 5046791542 |
| 1.1 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:42 | Twisted Sister | Hard & Fast: All-Time Greatest Metal Rockers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| American Beat Records, Rhino Special Products | 35172, OP-7774 |
| 1.1 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | I Wanna Rock: The Ultimate Twisted Sister Collection | Twisted Sister | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 5050467-8845-2-6 |
| 2.2 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Media Markt Collection: Rockin’ the Hard Way | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Group Germany | 5051011-1306-2-5 |
| 1.7 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Sports Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), Warner Custom Products | OPCD-7690 |
| 1.4 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | Maximum Cowbell | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| 9837182 | |
| 1.5 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Ultimate 16 Originals: Rock & Roll ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.16 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | '80s Metal: Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | |
| 1.1 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Rhino Hi‐Five: Twisted Sister | Twisted Sister | EP |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.10 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Monsters of Rock: Platinum Edition | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie, Warner Custom Products | 7930189163-2, OPCD-7975 |
| 1.9 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Old Skoöl of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.14 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | ’80s Metal Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | 02498466793-2 |
| 1.16 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | ’80s Metal Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | B0008334-02, D220658 |
| 1.9 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Old Skoöl of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Australia | |
| 1.16 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | 80s Metal Mania | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | B0012304-02 43418 |
| 6.14 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Hard + Heavy | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.5 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:37 | Twisted Sister | Pondus – Flat Fuzzpedal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Egmont Music | 61125 |
| 1.5 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Bayern 3: Los Rockos! Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Bayerischer Rundfunk | 88697 37420 2 |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R1 80156 |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 519757 |
| 2.5 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Absolute Rock Anthems II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4099 |
| 7.4 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Atlantic Records: The Time Capsule | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | |
| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry (25th anniversary edition) | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-79861-9 |
| 1.11 | We’re Not Gonna Take It (2000 digital remaster) | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Eishockey Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 2.9 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | 80s Megabox | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 5186599922 | |
| 1.29 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:36 | Twisted Sister | FC Bayern München: Arena-Fieber: Version 2010/2011 | Various Artists | Album |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 63468 2 |
| 3.8 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Okej - Tiden vi aldrig glömmer 1980-1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 50999 070565 2 9 |
| 3.9 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Eldorado 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry (Remastered) | Twisted Sister | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | WPCR-14250 |
| 1.6 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | Big Hair Rox | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988) | 5249850692 |
| 1.20 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | Megabox Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988) | 5249890505 |
| 1.16 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | The Best Ever: Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.12 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | 80’s Fundamentals | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner (imprint of Warner (a "W" logo with "WARNER" text under it)) | |
| 2.5 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:41 | Twisted Sister | Beer Drinking Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 2304624 |
| 1.10 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | The Best Ever: Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0825646031993 |
| 2.3 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | American Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0190295972011 |
| 1.23 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | American Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.14 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Jim Beam: 40 Shots of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Festival Mushroom Records (label has FMR with a little speaker on top) | 337362 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.9 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | Masters of Metal | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| MBM Records (Russian bootleg label) | S-652145 |
| 1.12 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:38 | Twisted Sister | 100% Wave, Vol. 05 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | |
| 8.10 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:37 | Twisted Sister | 80’s Giga Hits Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.19 | We’re Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Sylvesterparty 2015 | Various Artists | Album |
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| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.15 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:40 | Twisted Sister | Fan Jams - Fox Sports Radio | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Clear Channel Music Group (this is not an imprint!) | OPCD 7683 |
| 1.6 | We're Not Gonna Take It | 3:39 | Twisted Sister | Monsters of Rock: Platinum Edition (disc 2) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | 69836-81281-2 |
Relationships
| recording engineer and mixer: | Geoff Workman |
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| assistant engineer: | Gary McGachan |
| engineer: | John Agnello Greg Laney Geoff Workman |
| producer: | Tom Werman |
| bass guitar: | Mark Mendoza (Twisted Sister bassist) |
| drums (drum set): | A.J. Pero |
| electric guitar: | Jay Jay French Eddie Ojeda |
| background vocals: | Jay Jay French Mark Mendoza (Twisted Sister bassist) Eddie Ojeda A.J. Pero Dee Snider |
| lead vocals: | Dee Snider |
| arranger: | Twisted Sister Tom Werman |
| recorded at: | Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03) The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03) Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1984-02 until 1984-03) |
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| has remixes: | No Take It by DJ Cummerbund |
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| mash-ups: | We're Not Gonna Take Ü There (Jack Ü feat. Kiesza vs. Twisted Sister) (a capella intro) by DJ Schmolli We’re Not Gonna Take Ü There (Jack Ü feat. Kiesza vs. Twisted Sister) by DJ Schmolli |
| part of: | Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 81) (order: 81) |
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| recording of: | We’re Not Gonna Take It |
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Related works
We’re Not Gonna Take It
| lyricist and composer: | Dee Snider |
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| publisher: | Universal Tunes |
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| referred to in medleys: | Hooked on Polkas (order: 7) |
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| later parody versions: | We're Not Goin' to Canaan |
| later translated versions: | wIlajQo' (We're Not Gonna Take It) 愛のヒーロー |