# Fuck Authority

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Fuck Authority
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Pennywise](/source/Pennywise_(band))
| album      = [Land of the Free?](/source/Land_of_the_Free%3F)
| released   = July 2001
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Punk rock](/source/Punk_rock)
| length     = 3:16
| label      = [Epitaph Records](/source/Epitaph_Records)
| writer     = [Jim Lindberg](/source/Jim_Lindberg), [Fletcher Dragge](/source/Fletcher_Dragge), Byron McMackin, Randy Bradbury
| producer   = [Pennywise](/source/Pennywise_(band)), [Joe Barresi](/source/Joe_Barresi)
| prev_title = Victim of Reality
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = Divine Intervention
| next_year  = 2001
}}

'''"Fuck Authority"''' is a song written and recorded by American [punk rock](/source/punk_rock) band [Pennywise](/source/Pennywise_(band)). It was released in July 2001 as the lead single (and only charting single) from the band's sixth studio album ''[Land of the Free?](/source/Land_of_the_Free%3F)''. The song reached number 38 on the [Modern Rock Tracks](/source/Hot_Modern_Rock_Tracks) chart.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=pennywise|chart=Alternative Songs}} Billboard]</ref>

==Music video==
The music video was directed by Glen Bennett and was released in April 2001. While the video shows the band playing on a stage with an [upside-down American flag](/source/upside-down_American_flag) behind them, it features different scenes of riots and historical places, such as [Tiananmen Square](/source/Tiananmen_Square).

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
! Chart (2001)
! Peak<br>position
|-
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks
| align="center"| 38
|}

==References==
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Category:2001 singles
Category:Pennywise (band) songs
Category:2001 songs
Category:Epitaph Records singles

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