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Anarchy in the UK

"Anarchy in the U.K."
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Single by the 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 Vinyl
Recorded 17 October 1976
Genre Punk rock
Length 3:31
Label EMI
Writer(s) Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock
Producer(s) Chris Thomas, Bill Price, Dave Goodman
the Sex Pistols singles chronology
"Anarchy in the U.K."
(1976)
"God Save the Queen"
(1977)
"Anarchy in the U.K."
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German release cover
Single by Megadeth
from the album So Far, So Good... So What!
Released 1988
Recorded 1987
Genre Thrash metal
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock
Megadeth singles chronology
"Peace Sells"
(1986)
"Anarchy in the U.K."
(1988)
"Mary Jane"
(1988)
So Far, So Good... So What! track listing
"Set the World Afire"
(2)
"Anarchy in the U.K."
(3)
"Mary Jane"
(4)
"Anarchy in Bedrock"
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Single by Green Jellÿ
from the album Cereal Killer Soundtrack
Released 1993
Genre Comedy rock, parody
Label Zoo Entertainment
Writer(s) Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock
Green Jellÿ singles chronology
"Three Little Pigs"
(1992)
"Anarchy in Bedrock"
(1993)
"Electric Harley House (Of Love)"
(1993)
"Anarchy In the UK"
Single by Mötley Crüe
from the album Decade of Decadence
Recorded 1991
Genre Heavy metal
Length 3:22
Writer(s) Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock
Producer(s) Bob Rock
Mötley Crüe singles chronology
"Home Sweet Home '91"
(1991)
"Anarchy in The UK"
(1991)
"Hooligan's Holiday"
(1994)

"Anarchy in the U.K." is a song by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released as the band's debut single on 26 November 1976 and was later featured on their album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. "Anarchy in the U.K." is number 56 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

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 members of the band used profanity during a live television broadcast. (Although the EMI version was recorded on 17 October 1976, an earlier demo version was recorded between 10 and 12 October at Lansdowne/Wessex Studios, London. This version later surfaced on the Sex Pistols bootleg album Spunk.)

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 the second line, "I am an anarchiste". (Lydon confirmed that he is not an anarchist in a 2012 interview.)

A limited edition 7" inch picture disc of the single was released on 21 April 2012 for that year's Record Store Day.

The abbreviations used in the lyrics are a selection of civil war references from 1970s headlines, a suggestion of what could happen in the United Kingdom. The IRA and the UDA were the largest paramilitary armies in the conflict in Northern Ireland: the heavily armed IRA (Irish Republican Army) were on the Republican (anti-British, pro-unification) side, while the thousands-strong UDA (Ulster Defence Association) were on the Loyalist (pro-British, anti-unification) side. The MPLA (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, or the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) were the political group that took control of Angola, formerly one of Portugal’s African colonies, in a 1975-76 civil war, and still run the country today. When Rotten sings, “I use the enemy,” it’s a deliberate homonym for “I use the NME,” or New Musical Express, the British weekly music newspaper.


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