April 29, 1992 (Miami)

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"April 29, 1992 (Miami)"
"April 29, 1992 (Miami)" cover
Song by Sublime
Album Sublime
Released 1996-07-30
Recorded 1995 & 1996
Genre Ska
Length 3:53
Label MCA
Producer Paul Leary & David Kahne
Sublime track listing
  1. "Garden Grove" – 4:21
  2. "What I Got" – 2:51
  3. "Wrong Way" – 2:16
  4. "Same in the End" – 2:37
  5. "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" – 3:53
  6. "Santeria" – 3:03
  7. "Seed" – 2:10
  8. "Jailhouse" – 4:53
  9. "Pawn Shop" – 6:06
  10. "Paddle Out" – 1:15
  11. "The Ballad of Johnny Butt" – 2:11
  12. "Burritos" – 3:55
  13. "Under My Voodoo" – 3:26
  14. "Get Ready" – 4:52
  15. "Caress Me Down" – 3:32
  16. "What I Got (Reprise)" – 3:02
  17. "Doin' Time" – 4:14

"April 29, 1992 (Miami)" is a song from the eponymous third album of Sublime. It is about the Los Angeles riots that ensued after the controversial Rodney King verdict.

The title of the song is the date of King's verdict, which led to the riots. However the opening lyric in the song is 'April 26th 1992/there was a riot on the streets/tell me where were you?'. The wrong date in the lyric was a mistake by lead singer Bradley Nowell, but the performance was so strong that it was decided to keep the mistake.

Bradley Nowell, lead singer of the band, claimed both in the song and in interviews that he took part in the riots.[citation needed]

The song begins with police banter from that night recorded by Sublime friend (and future Long Beach Dub All Stars singer) Michael "Miguel" Happoldt on his neighbor's police scanner.

In the song they list a number of cities that the riots happened in, In fact these cities are just the places Sublime toured in that year, but a number of them did actually have riots on that day.[citation needed]

The following is a list of the cities called out in the song:

v • d • e
Sublime
Bud Gaugh · Bradley Nowell · Eric Wilson
Demo Jah Won't Pay the Bills
Studio albums 40 Oz. to Freedom · Robbin' the Hood · Sublime
Compilation and Live albums Second-hand Smoke · Stand by Your Van · Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends · Greatest Hits · 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime · Gold · Everything Under the Sun
Popular songs "Date Rape" · "Smoke Two Joints" · "What I Got" · "Wrong Way" · "Doin' Time" · "Santeria" · "April 29, 1992 (Miami)"
Tributes and successive bands Look at All the Love We Found · Forever Free · Long Beach Dub Allstars · Long Beach Shortbus
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