Song · Pennywise
“Fuck Authority” by Pennywise
From the album Land of the Free? (2001)
“Fuck Authority” by Pennywise appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2001 and 2008. It was first released in 2001 on the album Land of the Free?. Its best result is #23 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #86 alternative song of 2001 and #3,364 alternative song of all time.
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"Fuck Authority" kicked the door in for Pennywise's sixth album, Land of the Free?, out on Epitaph in 2001, and the title is the whole manifesto: a punk sprint of buzzing guitars and gang-shout defiance that leaves no room for nuance. It went out as the lead single and was the only one from the record to chart, reaching 38 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, a rare sighting of something this unprintable on the radio listings.
Glen Bennett directed the video, which puts the band on a stage in front of an upside-down American flag and cuts their performance with footage of riots and historic sites such as Tiananmen Square.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 33 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 37 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001 | 91 |
| 2001 | 50 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 99 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 68 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 23 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 96 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 33 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) | 144 |
| 2006 | 40 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2008 | 114 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
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