21 Incredibly Angry Songs About Margaret Thatcher

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TWO DIFFERENT songs called "The Day That Margaret Thatcher Dies!" ...

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21 Incredibly Angry Songs About Margaret Thatcher

The former prime minister inspired bitter tunes by Elvis Costello, Morrissey, Pink Floyd, and many others. Update: She died April 8, 2013, at age 87 — though her death was celebrated by musicians years ago.

Margaret Thatcher served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. Nicknamed the Iron Lady, Thatcher was known for her steadfast conservative politics. Thatcher's term coincided with a boom in English music in the wake of the punk movement, and much of this music harshly criticized her policies or straight up attacked her on a personal level. Bands tapped into the atmosphere of anger and discontent in Thatcher's England, singing about everything from high unemployment rates to the Falklands War.

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4. The Specials, "Ghost Town" (1981)

Another ska classic about Thatcher. "This town's becoming like a ghost town / Government leaving the youth on the shelf."

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8. Pink Floyd, "The Fletcher Memorial Home" (1983)

Roger Waters envisions "The Fletcher Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings" in this song from The Final Cut, naming Margaret Thatcher as one of the tyrants in residence.

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13. Morrissey, "Margaret on the Guillotine" (1988)

This song from Morrissey's debut solo album Viva Hate, which calls for Thatcher's death, made him the subject of an official investigation by British police.

14. Elvis Costello, "Tramp the Dirt Down" (1989)

Costello fantasizes about stomping on Thatcher's grave in this harshly condemning cut from Spike, singing "And when they finally lay you in the ground / I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down."

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20. Frank Turner, "Thatcher Fucked the Kids" (2006)

Turner reckons with the lasting influence of Thatcher in this cut from Campfire Punkrock singing, "Blame the folks who sold the future for the highest bid / That's right, Thatcher fucked the kids."

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2. Enough with the phony smiley-face Rest in Peace crap.

Celebrate the occasion with a song and a dance. Here's a contribution by Elvis Costello: