Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Take This Job and Shove It\" is a 1977 country music song originally written by David Allan Coe, but popularized by Johnny Paycheck, about the bitterness of a man who has worked long and hard with no apparent reward. The song was first recorded by Johnny Paycheck, on his album also titled Take This Job and Shove It. The recording hit number one on the country charts for two weeks, spending 18 weeks on the charts. It was Johnny Paycheck's only #1 hit.Its B-side, \"Colorado Kool-Aid,\" spent ten weeks on the same chart and peaked at #50.David Allan Coe recorded his own variation of the song called \"Take This Job and Shove It Too\" on his 1978 album Family Album. It included the double-meaning line \"Paycheck you may be a thing of the past.\" Coe was annoyed that Johnny Paycheck allowed people to think he had written the song.The song inspired a 1981 film by the same name.A cover version also appears on Bedtime for Democracy by Dead Kennedys. Another cover version, \"Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee\", performed by Canibus with Biz Markie, appears in the film Office Space."@en }
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- Take_This_Job_and_Shove_It abstract "\"Take This Job and Shove It\" is a 1977 country music song originally written by David Allan Coe, but popularized by Johnny Paycheck, about the bitterness of a man who has worked long and hard with no apparent reward. The song was first recorded by Johnny Paycheck, on his album also titled Take This Job and Shove It. The recording hit number one on the country charts for two weeks, spending 18 weeks on the charts. It was Johnny Paycheck's only #1 hit.Its B-side, \"Colorado Kool-Aid,\" spent ten weeks on the same chart and peaked at #50.David Allan Coe recorded his own variation of the song called \"Take This Job and Shove It Too\" on his 1978 album Family Album. It included the double-meaning line \"Paycheck you may be a thing of the past.\" Coe was annoyed that Johnny Paycheck allowed people to think he had written the song.The song inspired a 1981 film by the same name.A cover version also appears on Bedtime for Democracy by Dead Kennedys. Another cover version, \"Shove This Jay-Oh-Bee\", performed by Canibus with Biz Markie, appears in the film Office Space.".