Politically Correct (song)

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"Politically Correct"
Single by SR-71
from the album Now You See Inside
Released2001
Recorded2000
Genre
Length3:19
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Mitch Allan
SR-71 singles chronology
"Right Now"
(2000)
"Politically Correct"
(2001)
"Another Night Alone"
(2001)

"Politically Correct" is the second single by American pop punk group SR-71 from their debut studio album, Now You See Inside . The song reached number 22 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was less successful than their breakthrough hit single "Right Now".

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Reception and legacy

In 2025, Will Howard of Far Out Magazine ranked the song at second on his list of "Five pop-punk songs from the 2000s so bad they feel like parodies". He wrote: "SR-71, the long forgotten no-hopers behind perfectly decent pop-punk bop 'Right Now', found themselves with the same problem every band with a shock hit for a debut single has. What to do next? Well, Mitch Allan’s band came to the conclusion that their best choice for a follow-up hit was a smug, hookless dirge about how no one can stop him from speaking his mind. The music video gets interrupted with random audio samples from the Bush/Gore 2000 election campaign, and they’re the best parts of the song. Dire." [1]

Chart positions

Chart (2001)Peak
position
U.S. Alternative Songs [2] 22

References

  1. Howard, Will (2025-07-20). "Five god-awful pop-punk songs from the 2000s". faroutmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
  2. "SR-71 - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08.