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| Single by Sex Pistols | ||||
| from the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols | ||||
| B-side | "I Wanna Be Me" | |||
| Released | 26 November 1976 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | 17 October 1976 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 3:31 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Chris Thomas, Bill Price | |||
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"Anarchy in the U.K." is a song by the British punk rock band the Sex Pistols, released as the group's debut recording on 26 November 1976.
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Originally issued in a plain black sleeve, the single was the only Sex Pistols recording released by EMI, and reached number 38 on the UK Singles Chart before EMI dropped the group on 6 January 1977, a month after the televised Bill Grundy incident. The song later appeared on the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The song's lyrics espouse a nihilistic and violent concept of anarchy. The lyrics mention several political/paramilitary organisations prominent at the time, comparing them to the UK: the MPLA, the UDA, and the IRA.
In the documentary The Filth and the Fury, John Lydon described the composition of the song's opening lyrics, explaining that the best rhyme he could devise for the first line, "I am an Antichrist", was a mispronunciation of the second line, "I am an anarchist".
"Anarchy in the U.K." is number 53 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.[1] In 2007 the surviving members (not including Glen Matlock) re-recorded "Anarchy in the U.K." for the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock because the masters could not be found.[2]
A-side: "Anarchy in the U.K."
B-side: "I Wanna Be Me"
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| Single by Megadeth | ||||
| from the album So Far, So Good... So What! | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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"Anarchy in the UK" was covered by American thrash metal band Megadeth for their third album So Far, So Good... So What!, released in 1988.
As the song was written with incorrect lyrics, Dave Mustaine stated that he could not understand Johnny Rotten's singing, so he made up the parts he could not understand (in addition, the titular country is changed to "USA"). The song's music video is a simply-styled cartoon featuring political figures. Steve Jones played second solo of this song.
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| Single by Green Jellÿ | ||||
| from the album Cereal Killer Soundtrack | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Comedy metal | |||
| Label | Zoo Entertainment | |||
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"Anarchy in the UK" was covered by American comedy metal band Green Jellÿ.
Green Jellÿ's is a parody cover of the original. This version takes the original song and combines it with The Flintstones references. Although the song's proper title is "Anarchy in the UK," it was originally titled "Anarchy in Bedrock" on Green Jellÿ's (Then Green Jellö's) "Triple Live Möther Gööse at Budokan" album.
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera took offence to this version and to Green Jelly mocking The Flintstones, but later relented, as this version was featured on the soundtrack to The Flintstones film that was released in 1994.
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