''Support the Miners'' is a single released by American drummer

Keith LeBlanc Keith LeBlanc is an American drummer and record producer, and is a member of the bands Little Axe and Tackhead. His record " No Sell Out" was one of the first sample-based releases. The song was a success, charting at No. 60 on the UK Singles ...

under the moniker The Enemy Within, released in October 1984 on

Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London, England. It was formed in 1976 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove. Having successfully promoted and sold records by punk rock and early post-pun ...

. Similar to the re-issuing of '' No Sell Out'' the same year, ''Support the Miners'' was released to aid the miners strike in Great Britain, with the proceeds going to the "Miners Solidarity Fund". "Strike" features voice samples of Arthur Scargill, a trade unionist and former president of the National Union of Mineworkers.

Accolades

Formats and track listing

All songs written by

;UK 7" single (RT 151) #"Strike" – 3:39 #"Strike" (general mix) – 3:54

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Support the Miners'' liner notes. *

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producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

* Adrian Sherwood – producer

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Support the Miners 1984 songs 1984 singles Rough Trade Records singles Song recordings produced by Keith LeBlanc Song recordings produced by Adrian Sherwood Songs written by Keith LeBlanc Political songs