Music Monday – “Well, I’ve been selling my soul/Working all day/Overtime hours/For bullshit pay”

This song went mega-viral recently, becoming the first song to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard charts by an artist with no other previous charting songs.

There was controversy about the writers’ intentions and politics, up to and including it even being played during a GOP debate!

“Rich Men North of Richmond” – Oliver Anthony Music

Some of the controversy about the lyrics, written in the voice of an angry blue collar worker, inspired a response song from that champion of the worker, Billy Bragg: