The time has finally come for you to quit the job you hate. Are you looking for a soundtrack to get pumped up on your last day at work? Well, the bad news is that a lot of people hate their jobs. The good news is, because so many people are discontent with their work, there’s some awesome music about hating your job. Take pride in your decision to leave and check out these 16 quit the job you hate songs that will reaffirm you’ve made the right choice.
1. Proud Mary – Credence Clearwater Revival
Left a good job in the city, Workin’ for the man ev’ry night and day. And I never lost one minute of sleepin’. Worryin’ ’bout the way things might have been.
2. 9-5 – Dolly Parton
Workin’ 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’. Barely gettin’ by, it’s all takin’ and no givin’
They just use your mind and they never give you credit.
3. Working Man – Rush
I get up at seven, yeah, and I go to work at nine, I got no time for livin’, Yes, I’m workin’ all the time.
4. The Job That Ate My Brain – The Ramones
Five o’clock rolls around I feel so glad I kiss the ground. Ain’t enough hours in the day, there’s got to be a better way.
5. Have Pity on The Working Man – Randy Newman
Too late to run, too late to cry now. The time has come for us to say goodbye now.
6. Dead End Job – The Police
The queue gets longer every day, I just ain’t got time to stay.
7.Career Opportunities – The Clash
Career opportunities are the ones that never knock. Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock.
8. This Job Is Killing Me – The Walkmen
He’ll never leave it now. He’s turned it all around. But honey, this job is killing me.
9. Clocked In – Black Flag
I gotta’ face the clock; punch in, punch out, it makes me so pissed off, one of these days I’m gonna smash it off the wall.
10. Cigarettes & Alcohol – Oasis
You could wait for a lifetime to spend your days in the sunshine.
11. Working on the Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Someday, mister, I’m gonna lead a better life than this.
12. Bankrupt on Selling – Modest Mouse
They sell all their trash to each other but they’re sick of it all. And they’re bankrupt on selling.
13. Take This Job and Shove It – Dead Kennedys
Let’s all go use our sick leave up, and then we’ll shoot some pool.
14. We Gotta Get Out of This Place – The Animals
If it’s the last thing we ever do. We gotta get out of this place, ’cause girl, there’s a better life for me and you.
15. Working for The Man – Roy Orbison
Well pick up your feet. We’ve got a deadline to meet. I’m gonna see you make it on time. Don’t relax. I want elbows and backs.
16. At My Job – Dead Kennedys
More boring by the day, But they pay me. All that time spent going to school just to end up following-rules.
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Love this!!!!
Thanks Laurie! Did you find a song you personally resonated with from this list?
A few more suggestions:
Working for the Man (Janet Devlin)
“Deadlines. Living on borrowed time. Not enough hours to dream these dreams of mine. They won’t even let me try.”
Knocking on Closed Doors (Rock & Hyde)
“Fairytales sometimes don’t work out quite the way you want them to.”
Father to Son (The Alarm)
“Now I said to my father, ‘Father give me a break. There’s a million more chances that I want to take. I don’t want to die, like I saw you die – in a dead-end job, in a dead-end way.'”
“I said, ‘I’ve got ideas that I cannot deny. If I stay I’ll be killed by the dreams on my mind.'”
Andrew, I loooooove these! Thanks for the links to the actual videos, too ! 🙂