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Sun City is a 1985 protest song written by Steven Van Zandt, produced by Van Zandt and Arthur Baker and recorded by Artists United Against Apartheid to convey opposition to the South African policy of apartheid. The song declared that all the artists involved would refuse to perform at Sun City, a resort which was located within the bantustan of Bophuthatswana, one of a number of internationally unrecognized states created by the South African government to forcibly relocate its black population.<ref>''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_City_(song) Sun City]''. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 26, 2021.</ref>
 
Sun City is a 1985 protest song written by Steven Van Zandt, produced by Van Zandt and Arthur Baker and recorded by Artists United Against Apartheid to convey opposition to the South African policy of apartheid. The song declared that all the artists involved would refuse to perform at Sun City, a resort which was located within the bantustan of Bophuthatswana, one of a number of internationally unrecognized states created by the South African government to forcibly relocate its black population.<ref>''[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_City_(song) Sun City]''. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 26, 2021.</ref>
  
== Recording ==
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== Key Lyrics ==
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''Relocation to phony homelands''
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''Separation of families i can't understand''
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''23 million can't vote because they're black''
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''We're stabbing our brothers and sisters in the back''
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''We're gonna say''
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''Ain't gonna play sun city''
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''Our government tells us we're doing all we can''
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''Constructive engagement is ronald reagan's plan''
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''Meanwhile people are dying and giving up hope''
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''Well this quiet diplomacy ain't nothing but a joke''
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''We're gonna say''
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''Ain't gonna play sun city''
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''I ain't gonna play no no''
  
 
== Reception ==
 
== Reception ==

Revision as of 04:15, 26 January 2021

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Sun City is a 1985 protest song written by Steven Van Zandt, produced by Van Zandt and Arthur Baker and recorded by Artists United Against Apartheid to convey opposition to the South African policy of apartheid. The song declared that all the artists involved would refuse to perform at Sun City, a resort which was located within the bantustan of Bophuthatswana, one of a number of internationally unrecognized states created by the South African government to forcibly relocate its black population.[1]

Key Lyrics

Relocation to phony homelands

Separation of families i can't understand

23 million can't vote because they're black

We're stabbing our brothers and sisters in the back

We're gonna say


Ain't gonna play sun city

Our government tells us we're doing all we can

Constructive engagement is ronald reagan's plan

Meanwhile people are dying and giving up hope

Well this quiet diplomacy ain't nothing but a joke

We're gonna say


Ain't gonna play sun city

I ain't gonna play no no

Reception

References

  1. Sun City. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 26, 2021.