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Anarchy in the U.K.
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| Single by Sex Pistols from the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols |
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| B-side | I Wanna Be Me | ||||
| Released | November 26, 1976 October 1, 2007 (30th anniversary re-issue) |
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| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | October 17, 1976 | ||||
| Genre | Punk rock | ||||
| Length | 3:31 | ||||
| Label | EMI | ||||
| Producer | Chris Thomas, Bill Price | ||||
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"Anarchy in the U.K." is the title of the first single by Sex Pistols, released on November 26, 1976. It was the second UK punk rock single, preceded by The Damned's "New Rose".
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 January 6, 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 organizations prominent at the time, comparing them to the UK: the MPLA, the UDA, and the IRA.
"Anarchy in the UK" was number 53 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.[1]
In 2007 the surviving members 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]
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| Single by Megadeth | |||||
| Genre | Thrash metal Speed metal |
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| Label | Capitol Records Combat Records |
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| Producer | Dave Mustaine and Andy Somers | ||||
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1. Anarchy in the U.K.
2. I Wanna Be Me
- American thrash metal band Megadeth covered the song for their third album, So Far, So Good... So What!, released in 1988.
- A French version called "L'Anarchie pour l'UK" was part of the soundtrack to the film, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.
- Comedic rock band Green Jelly did cover the song lading it with The Flintstones references, with the title "Anarchy in Bedrock". The song appears on the Cereal Killer album.
- Mötley Crüe covered the song on their 1991 album Decade of Decadence, with USA-centric lyric changes and some vulgar language because the band misheard some of the original lyrics.
- Tito Larriva covered the song in the 2000 film Million Dollar Hotel.
- Anna Tsuchiya covered the song in Nana Best, NANA OST (a TV anime).
- Anarchy in the UK was also covered in 1991, by a joint concert in Japan, called Extasy Summit '91 at Nippon Budokan. Bands included were X Japan, Luna Sea, and Tokyo Yankees.[citation needed]