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Cash Box reviewed the single release of "Authority Song", writing, "Opening with a twanging country riff, this rocker jumps off the vinyl with the authority that Cougar-Mellencamp is singing against: 'I fight authority, and authority always wins!'" [6] Cash Box especially praised the "pounding rhythm section and percussion work."
The song was a re-working of the 1964 Bob Dylan song "Only a Pawn in Their Game" that reflected on the killing of Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers. Mellencamp's version featured new lyrics that reflected the racial conflicts in the U.S. in the wake of the murder of George Floyd while in custody of Minneapolis police officers.
"Authority Song" Jay Dubin 1985 "Lonely Ol' Night" Jonathan Kaplan 1985 "Small Town" Jonathan Kaplan 1986 "R.O.C.K. in the USA (A Salute to '60s Rock)" John Mellencamp 1986 "Rain on the Scarecrow" Jonathan Kaplan 1986 "Rumbleseat" Faye Cummins 1987 "Paper in Fire" Jonathan Dark 1987 "Cherry Bomb" 1987 "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" 1988
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"Lonely Ol' Night" was the lead single from Scarecrow, [4]: 77 following his previous hit single "Authority Song" (from 1983's Uh-Huh) to the Billboard Hot 100, where it debuted August 24, 1985. It peaked at number 6 on that chart and reached number 1 on the Top Rock Tracks chart, staying at the top spot for five weeks.
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"Points of Authority" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the fourth track on their first studio album, Hybrid Theory. The song was released in 2001 as a promo release. A CD single for the song was set to be released in the UK in September 2001, but instead, "Papercut" was released as the third single from the album. It was later ...
Mellencamp picked the songs for the album and also came up with the title for the album. [3] The album reached No. 33 on the Billboard 200 . [ 4 ] This album and Rough Harvest came about because, after leaving Mercury Records for Columbia Records , Mellencamp still owed the label two more albums.