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"Shoplifters of the World Unite" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr. Morrissey's lyrics, which endorsed shoplifting and referenced Karl Marx, were controversial at the time of the song's release.
The song was written for the comedy film 9 to 5, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton in her film debut; both the song and the film owe their titles to 9to5, an organization founded in 1973 to bring about fair pay and equal treatment for women in the workplace. [1] The song is also featured in a musical theater adaptation of the ...
"Hands" is a song by American singer Jewel, released as the first single from her second studio album, Spirit (1998). Jewel wrote the song following an incident in which she considered stealing a sundress after getting fired from various jobs due to kidney troubles, and she decided that her hands were better suited to writing songs than stealing clothes.
The work of labour historian Archie Green, which included the production of recordings of labour and work songs, provided a wider context for understanding industrial folk song within a wider field of 'labor lore'. [10] Songs written by Seeger and Guthrie, were also important in continuing the tradition and moving it into progressive folk music ...
When the Work's All Done This Fall; Whistle While You Work; Work (Iggy Azalea song) Work (Rihanna song) Workin' at the Car Wash Blues; Workin' for a Livin' Workin' Man's Ph.D. Working Day and Night; Working for the Weekend; Working in the Coal Mine; Working Man
The song also reached number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, France, Denmark, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. The song would go on to become the number one song of 2013 by Billboard and in 2019, it was named by Billboard as the number one song of the 2010s on both the Hot Rap Songs and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.
Stridently political, [1] the song is a commentary on the difference between social classes. According to Lennon, it is about working class people being processed into the middle classes, into the "machine". [2] Lennon also said, "I think it's a revolutionary song – it's really just revolutionary. I just think its concept is revolutionary.
For the Love of Money is the fourth album by the industrial hip hop group Tackhead, released on January 10, 2014, by Dude Records. [1] [2] It marks their first full-length release of studio material since Strange Things, released twenty-four years prior. [3]