Anarchy (song)

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"Anarchy"
Single by KMFDM
from the album Symbols
Released1997
Genre Gothic rock, industrial rock
LengthCD: 4:03
12": 10:40
Label Wax Trax!/TVT
Songwriter(s) Sascha Konietzko, Gunter Schultz, En Esch, Tim Skold, Bill Rieflin
KMFDM singles chronology
"Megalomaniac"
(1997)
"Anarchy"
(1997)
"Boots"
(2002)

"Anarchy" is a song from industrial rock band KMFDM's tenth album Symbols .

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Release

A promotional single was released in 1997. "Anarchy" was also featured in the video game Test Drive 5 , and remixes of the song were included on the 1998 MDFMK EP. It was also an bonus track in the German edition of the Lost In Space soundtrack in 1998.

Reception

"Anarchy" was listed as No. 95 on COMA Music Magazine's 101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time. [1]

Track listing

1997 CD release (TVT 8755-2P)

This promo CD contains the single mix. [2]

No.TitleLength
1."Anarchy (Payola Mix)"4:03
Total length:4:03

1997 12" release (TVT 8755-0P)

This limited edition vinyl edition contains two remixes of the song. [3]

No.TitleLength
1."Anarchy (Fusako)"4:55
2."Anarchy (God and the State)"5:45
Total length:10:40

2009 7" reissue (KMFDM025)

This reissue was released on KMFDM's own record label and contains two previously released mixes. [4]

No.TitleLength
1."Anarchy (Payola)"4:04
2."Anarchy (God and the State)"5:45
Total length:9:49

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References

  1. Schock, David (March 5, 2012). "Feature: 101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time – # 101 – # 81". COMA Music Magazine. Archived from the original on March 5, 2013. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  2. Flick, Larry, ed. (February 14, 1998). "Singles". Billboard Magazine . p. 85. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
  3. "Anarchy: KMFDM" . Retrieved September 7, 2010.
  4. "Anarchy". KMFDM Records. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2010.