For the previous two weeks, the viral hit “Wealthy Males North Of Richmond” has been the middle of a complete lot of on-line dialog. Within the video, the previously-unknown Virginia musician who goes by the identify Oliver Anthony sings concerning the miserable, enraging state of working-class life, and he put the blame on politicians and on individuals utilizing welfare cash to purchase fudge rounds. The track, amplified by right-wing influencers, is projected to debut at #1 on the Billboard Scorching 100 at the moment. If that occurs, it’ll be the second right-wing culture-war nation track to drag that feat off this summer season, following Jason Aldean’s “Attempt That In A Small City.” (UPDATE: “Wealthy Males North Of Richmond” did certainly debut at #1.) Stereogum’s Chris DeVille obtained into the unusual pop-chart nation growth in a column final week, and now Billy Bragg has are available in with a solution track.

Billy Bragg, the nice Socialist singer-songwriter, has been writing working-class folk-rock anthems for many years. Bragg, final seen on this web site becoming a member of putting Starbucks employees on a Buffalo picket line, has shared his “Wealthy Males North Of Richmond” response “Wealthy Males Incomes North Of A Million.” Flipping Oliver Anthony’s track construction, Bragg sings that one of the simplest ways for working individuals to enhance their scenario is to kind a union: “You’ll see the place the issue actually lies when the union comes round/ Wealthy males incomes north of 1,000,000 wanna maintain the working folks down/ In case you kind a union, you’ll quickly discover that working individuals are all of 1 type/ So we ain’t gonna punch down on those that want a little bit of understanding and a few solidarity.”

On his YouTube description of the track, Billy Bragg says:

Since I noticed that clip of Oliver Anthony singing his track “Wealthy Males North of Richmond,” the ghost of Woody Guthrie has been whispering in my ear. “Assist that man out,” Woody retains telling me. “Let him know there’s a strategy to take care of these issues he’s singing about.” So at the moment I sat down and wrote this response to Mr. Anthony’s track, for individuals like him and other people such as you.

Take heed to “Wealthy Males Incomes North Of A Million” under.