"Night of the Living Baseheads" is the third single released in 1988 by hip hop group Public Enemy, from their critically acclaimed album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

The title is a reference to the film Night of the Living Dead, equating people addicted to crack cocaine with zombies.

The video shows footage of the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights, New York City (After Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam in 1964, he founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU).

During the video, MC Lyte searches for 'baseheads' and finds them on Wall Street where executives are caught sniffing cocaine, pointing out that drug use is viewed differently among black and white communities.

[7] The group Digital Assassins also did a cover of the song, entitled "Return of the Living Bassheads (Somethin' Really Bad)."