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
[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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Release Date
October 26, 1976
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