Cover art for Anarchy in the U.K. by Sex Pistols

Anarchy in the U.K.

Sex Pistols
Track 8 on Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) 

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Dave Goodman, Bill Price &
“Anarchy in the U.K.” 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.… Read More 
Oct. 26, 19761 viewer216.7K views

Anarchy in the U.K. Lyrics

[Intro]
Right now

[Verse 1]
I am an Antichrist
I am an anarchist
Don't know what I want, but I know how to get it
I wanna destroy passersby

[Chorus]
'Cause I wanna be anarchy
No dog's body

[Verse 2]
Anarchy for the U.K., it's coming sometime and maybe
I give a wrong time, stop at traffic line
Your future dream is a shopping scheme

[Chorus]
'Cause I, I wanna be anarchy
In the city

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
How many ways to get what you want
I use the best, I use the rest
I use the enemy
I use anarchy
See Sex Pistols Live
Get tickets as low as $81
[Chorus]
'Cause I wanna be anarchy
It's the only way to be

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4]
Is this the M.P.L.A.?
Or is this the U.D.A.?
Or is this the I.R.A.?
I thought it was the U.K.
Or just another country
Another council tenancy

[Outro]
I wanna be anarchy
And I wanna be anarchy
Know what I mean?
And I wanna be anarchist
I get pissed, destroy

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“Anarchy in the U.K.” 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.

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What did Sex Pistols say about "Anarchy in the U.K."?
Genius Answer

Lead singer Johnny Rotten stating innocently after EMI dropped them –

I don’t understand it: all we’re trying to do is destroy everything.

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Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2012)
  1. 1.
    Holidays in the Sun
  2. 2.
    Bodies
  3. 3.
    No Feelings
  4. 4.
    Liar
  5. 5.
    God Save the Queen
  6. 6.
    Problems
  7. 7.
    Seventeen
  8. 8.
    Anarchy in the U.K.
  9. 9.
    Submission
  10. 10.
    Pretty Vacant
  11. 11.
    New York
  12. 12.
    EMI
  13. 13.
    No Feeling - Dave Goodman Version (Missing Lyrics)
  14. 14.
    Did You No Wrong
  15. 15.
    No Fun
  16. 16.
    Satellite
  17. 17.
    New York - Dave Goodman Eden Studio Mixes (Missing Lyrics)
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Released on
October 26, 1976
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