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Several songs directly refer to the riot. The most prominent was "Black Day in July", written and sung by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot for his 1968 album Did She Mention My Name?. Others include the 1967 song "The Motor City Is Burning” by John Lee Hooker, which was also recorded by the MC5 on their 1969 album Kick Out the Jams; "Panic in Detroit", from David Bowie's 1973 album Aladdin Sane; The Temptations’ 1970 single “Ball of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today)”; Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Happening Brother” from his 1971 album What’s Going On; and the title track from Detroit producer and DJ Moodymann's 2008 EP Det.riot '67, which sampled audio recordings from news reels talking about the riot.

Performing Arts
Two plays based on firsthand accounts of the rebellion were performed in 2017. “Detroit ‘67” presented recollections from five metro Detroiters at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History by the Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers. “AFTER/LIFE,” performed at the Joseph Walker Williams Recreation Center, presents the events from the perspectives of women and girls.