Authority Song:John Mellancamp. #15 in USA #20 in Canada and #93 in Australia in 1984. INTRO: #1. Oh they like to get you in a compromising position.   They like to get you there and smile in your face.   Well they think they’re so cute when they got you in that condition.   Well I think it’s a to..tal disgrace..and I said.. CHORUS: I fight authority authority always wins.   Well I fight authority authority always wins.   Well I’ve been doing it since I was a young kid.. I come out grinnin’.   Well I fight authority authority always wins.   (INTERLUDE:) D #2. So I call up my preacherI say ’Give me strength for Round Five.’    He said ’You don’t need no strength you need to grow up son.’   I said ’Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying.   Ohhh and dying to me don’t sound like all that much fun.’ So I said.. CHORUS: I fight authority authority always wins.   Well I fight authority authority always wins.   Well I’ve been doing it since I was a young kid.. I come out grinnin’.   Well I fight authority authority always wins.   (INTERLUDE:) .. #3. I said oh no..no no.....I said oh no..no no..... I said oh no..no no..... I fight authority authority always wins.   I fight authority authority always wins.   Well I’ve been doing it since I was a young kid.. I come out grinnin’.   Well I fight authority authority always wins.   CHORUS: Well I fight authority authority always wins.   Well I fight authority authority always wins.   Well I’ve been doing it since I was a young kid.. I come out grinnin’.   Well I fight authority authority always wins.   OUTRO: Well I fight authority authority always wins.   Well I fight authority authority always wins. (Fade.) An eighties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Cette chanson exprime le défi constant que l'on ressent face à l'autorité, représentant les luttes personnelles et les frustrations que l’on peut éprouver depuis l'enfance. L'artiste évoque la manière dont l'autorité tente de nous contrôler, souvent avec un sourire en façade, tout en soulignant le sentiment d'injustice que cela crée. Il partage également une conversation avec son pasteur, qui lui dit que ce n'est pas la force qu'il lui faut, mais plutôt une prise de maturité, même si pour lui, grandir semble synonyme de monotonie et de mort. Dans un contexte plus large, cette chanson reflète les sentiments de rébellion et de questionnement qui prévalaient dans les années 80, une époque marquée par des mouvements de contre-culture et une remise en question des normes sociales établies.