Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Official Audio)

Ace Records · 2.6M views · 2013 · 3:08

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Why the open web links it

A landmark spoken-word funk track critiquing media and complacency in social change.

Linked by 110 independent sites, 9 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including ycombinator.com, last.fm, sch.gr, openculture.com, politifact.com.

Cited in 1 Wikipedia article, including The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.