Sabotage is a song by American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released as the first single from their fourth studio album Ill Communication.
The song’s music video, directed by Spike Jonze and played extensively on MTV, is an homage and parody of 1970s crime drama television series such as Hawaii Five-O, The Streets of San Francisco, S.W.A.T., Baretta, and Starsky and Hutch. The video is presented as the opening credits of a fictional 1970s-style police show called Sabotage, with the band members appearing as the show characters. The music video is often regarded as one of the best music videos ever.
