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About This Track
“We’re Not Gonna Take It” is a 1984 hit song by the American glam metal/heavy metal band Twisted Sister from their album Stay Hungry. The song was first released as a single (With B-Side song “You Can’t Stop Rock & Roll”) on April 27, 1984. The Stay Hungry album was released two weeks later, on May 10, 1984. The single reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making it Twisted Sister’s only Top 40 single. The song was ranked #47 on 100 Greatest 80’s Songs and #21 on VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s.
The song was written by vocalist Dee Snider. As influences for the song, he cites the glam rock band Slade, the punk band Sex Pistols, and the Christmas carol, “O Come, All Ye Faithful”.
It is also possible that the concluding words of a certain ranting statement, made by Peter Finch’s character Howard Beale in the 1976 American movie Network, may have been inspirational in Dee Snider’s choice of lyrics for the song.
“We’re Not Gonna Take It” is also the title of the last song on The Who’s Tommy album, but there is no connection between the two.
The song is notable for its popular music video directed by Marty Callner, with its emphasis on slapstick comedy, where a parent gets the worst of the band’s mischief. Controversy arose when the depiction of the family in the video caused a public outcry long before the “explicit lyrics” warning was placed on records, cassettes, and CDs. This led to the formation of the Parents Music Resource Center. Mark Metcalf, the actor portraying the father in the video, had previously played Neidermayer, the ROTC student commander in National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978).
The song was written by vocalist Dee Snider. As influences for the song, he cites the glam rock band Slade, the punk band Sex Pistols, and the Christmas carol, “O Come, All Ye Faithful”.
It is also possible that the concluding words of a certain ranting statement, made by Peter Finch’s character Howard Beale in the 1976 American movie Network, may have been inspirational in Dee Snider’s choice of lyrics for the song.
“We’re Not Gonna Take It” is also the title of the last song on The Who’s Tommy album, but there is no connection between the two.
The song is notable for its popular music video directed by Marty Callner, with its emphasis on slapstick comedy, where a parent gets the worst of the band’s mischief. Controversy arose when the depiction of the family in the video caused a public outcry long before the “explicit lyrics” warning was placed on records, cassettes, and CDs. This led to the formation of the Parents Music Resource Center. Mark Metcalf, the actor portraying the father in the video, had previously played Neidermayer, the ROTC student commander in National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978).
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johnror wrote:
BrineBe, it sounds the same. what's the dif?
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Ottavianoants wrote:
OKAY afew words come to mind....Pizza parties, wine coolers and the roller rink..lmbo
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KatieeeLovesGNR wrote:
:D♥
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JuniorNasser wrote:
We're Not Gonna Take It: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k--cFxILtIE
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dangeregg wrote:
i noticed
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BrineBe wrote:
Anyone notice that this version of We're Not Gonna Take It is NOT the version off of Stay Hungry....as it says on the left of the little screen? Just wondering if anyone else is as crazy as I am for noticing?
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fancykatya wrote:
I've had this in my playlist forever and now they play it. I guess I have to listen to other people's library more often :)~
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
great song did Dee ever have a bad hair day?lol
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Shereima wrote:
Awesome Song !
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kemp678 wrote:
This video is........awesome! So is this song. Perfect when I was in my youth!
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ajaenchen wrote:
this song makes fun.
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afouselew wrote:
amazing! forever twisted!
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ingfranperez wrote:
No lo aceptaremos con los mox y con moderatto nunca fue tan buena como twisted sister... wow¡
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tavitooo wrote:
ahhh rico y saludable caras pintadas!!
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Roseholy wrote:
Essa é clássica
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deborahalba wrote:
yeah! my song!
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joecubbie wrote:
YEAH!!! THE ORIGINAL!!!
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abdullhalmulhim wrote:
Yes, true as well http://www.last. / Rock
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TheDarkSide73 wrote:
Today's MTV is Garbage....I miss the Old MTV...
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spade2you wrote:
This was the first music video I saw as a kid. What's Twisted Sister? What's heavy metal? What's a music video? What's MTV?
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