Re-Ron

1984 single by Gil Scott-Heron

"Re-Ron"
Single by Gil Scott-Heron
Released	1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	Electronic, hip hop
Length	6:42
Label	Arista

"Re-Ron" is a 1984 song by Gil Scott-Heron. It criticizes the campaign for the re-election of Ronald Reagan.^[1]^[2] It was recorded in collaboration with Bill Laswell.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Notable lines include:

"Would we take Fritz without Grits? We'd take Fritz the Cat. Would we take Jesse Jackson? Hell, we'd take Michael Jackson!"

The B-side of the record was "B-movie" which criticized the election of a former B-movie actor as the new president of the United States of America. These two songs by Scott-Heron were among many songs criticizing Reagan recorded by artists during the 1980s.

References

^ "Gil Scott-Heron - Re-Ron at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
^ "Gil Scott Heron", Soulwalking, http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Gil%20Scott%20Heron.html
^ Peter Buckley (ed), The Rough Guide to Rock, Rough Guides, 2003, p 910
^ Ellis, Iain (2008-10-29). Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists - Iain Ellis - Google Books. Soft Skull Press. ISBN 9781593763350. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
^ Werner, Craig Hansen (2006). A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race & the Soul of America - Craig Hansen Werner - Google Books. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472031473. Retrieved 2014-07-11.

Gil Scott-Heron

Studio albums

Pieces of a Man (1971)
Free Will (1972)
The Mind of Gil Scott-Heron (1978)
Real Eyes (1980)
Reflections (1981)
Moving Target (1982)
Spirits (1994)
I'm New Here (2010)
Nothing New (2014)

Co-billed with Brian Jackson	Winter in America (1974) The First Minute of a New Day (1975) From South Africa to South Carolina (1975) Bridges (1977) Secrets (1978) 1980 (1980)
with Jamie xx	We're New Here (2011)
with Makaya McCraven	We’re New Again - A Reimagining By Makaya McCraven (2020)

Live albums

Small Talk at 125th and Lenox (1970)
It's Your World (1976; with Jackson)
Minister of Information: Live (1994)
Tour de Force (Live) (2004)

Compilations

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1974)
The Best of Gil Scott-Heron (Arista) (1984)
Tales of Gil Scott-Heron (1990)
Glory: The Gil Scott-Heron Collection (1990)
Ghetto Style (1998)
The Gil Scott-Heron Collection: Sampler 1974-1975 (1998)
Evolution (And Flashback): The Very Best of Gil Scott-Heron (1999)
Save the Children (2004)
Anthology: Messages (2005)
The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters (2011)

Singles

"Home Is Where the Hatred Is"
"The Bottle"
"Johannesburg"
"B-Movie"
"Superman"
"Hello Sunday! Hello Road!"
"Storm Music"
"Re-Ron"
"Winter in America"
"Space Shuttle"
"Don't Give Up"
"The Klan"
"Me and the Devil"

Other songs

Related topics

Ronald Reagan

40th President of the United States (1981–1989)
33rd Governor of California (1967–1975)

Life and
politics

Presidency
(timeline)

Transition
First inauguration and Release of hostages
Second inauguration
Assassination attempt
Cabinet
Judicial appointments
- Supreme Court
- controversies
Administration scandals
AIDS
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Impeachment efforts
Opinion polling
Executive orders
Presidential proclamations

Foreign policy	Reagan Doctrine Cold War 1st term 2nd term Soviet Union summits Geneva Reykjavík Washington INF Treaty Moscow Governors Island Constructive engagement Invasion of Grenada Iran–Contra affair Libya bombing Strategic Defense Initiative International trips "We begin bombing in five minutes" Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983 Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act Goldwater–Nichols Act Montreal Protocol Executive Order 12333 Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 Form I-9 H-2A visa H-2B visa American Homecoming Act Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement Israel–United States Free Trade Agreement Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act Exon–Florio Amendment
Domestic policy	Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 Office of National Drug Control Policy Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act Cannabis policy Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 Coastal Barrier Resources Act Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 Armed Career Criminal Act Sentencing Reform Act United States Sentencing Commission Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 Emergency Food Assistance and Soup Kitchen-Food Bank Program Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Toxics Release Inventory Emergency Wetlands Resources Act Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988 Grace Commission Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Medical Waste Tracking Act Minerals Management Service National Appliance Energy Conservation Act National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 Nuclear Waste Policy Act Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act 1982 VRA Amendments Water Quality Act of 1987 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 Water Resources Development Act of 1988
Economic policy	Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 Agriculture Mediation Program Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 Expedited Funds Availability Act Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act of 1983 Food Security Act of 1985 Conservation Reserve Program Dairy Export Incentive Program Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act Interest and Dividend Tax Compliance Act of 1983 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waivers Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 Reagan tax cuts Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 Katie Beckett Medicaid waiver Tax Reform Act of 1986 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit MACRS Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act Surface Transportation Assistance Act Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act

Speeches

Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine (1961)
"A Time for Choosing" (1964)
States' rights speech (1980)
Inaugural address
- 1981
- 1985
"Ash heap of history" (1982)
"Evil empire" (1983)
"Tear down this wall!" (1987)
Joint session of Congress (1981)
State of the Union Address
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988

Books

An American Life
The Reagan Diaries

Elections

Gubernatorial	1966 1970
Presidential	1976 campaign primaries convention 1980 campaign "Let's make America great again" "There you go again" primaries running mate selection convention debates election 1984 campaign "Morning in America" "Bear in the woods" primaries convention debates election