What was the title of Minor Threat’s 1981 song that gave straight edge its name?

Minor Threat’s 1981 song that gave straight edge its name was “Straight Edge.”

“Straight Edge” is a song by Washington, D.C., hardcore punk band Minor Threat. Dischord Records released it on the band’s debut EP in 1981. Singer Ian MacKaye wrote lyrics rejecting drinking, drug use, and casual sexual behavior, and the phrase “straight edge” became the name of a broader youth subculture influenced by the song.

MacKaye later emphasized that the song expressed his personal choices rather than a demand that everyone follow a formal movement. The term nevertheless spread through hardcore scenes in the United States and internationally. Minor Threat’s related songs “Out of Step” and “In My Eyes” are often discussed in the same context, but neither supplied the name straight edge.