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The man behind the blue collar song No. 1 “Rich Men North of Richmond” shared his thoughts on his song being performed at Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate.
“It’s funny to see my song at that presidential debate because I wrote that song about those people, you know, so for them to have to sit there and hear it, that upsets me,” Anthony said in a YouTube video uploaded Friday . .
During Wednesday’s debate, Fox News host Martha MacCallum said “Anthony’s lyrics speak to isolation, a deep frustration with the state of this government and this country. Washington DC is about 100 miles north of Richmond.”
“Governor [Ron] DeSantis, why is this song rocking the country right now?” McCallum asked Florida officials, according to The Guardian.
DeSantis replied, “Our country is in decline. This decline is inevitable. It is a choice. We need to send Joe Biden back to his basement and reverse America’s decline.”
Oliver Anthony performs at Eagle Creek Golf Club and Grill in Moyock, North Carolina, on August 19, 2023. TNS
However, Anthony claims his song “has nothing to do with Joe Biden.”
“It’s much bigger than Joe Biden,” he claimed.
“One thing that bothers me is seeing people wrap politics in this matter. I was disappointed to see it. Like, it makes it worse to see people in the conservative news trying to identify with me like I’m one of them.”
Uploaded two weeks ago, “Rich Men North of Richmond” has over 41 million views on YouTube. It was also the first song by an artist with no chart history to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song’s lyrics refer to the hungry “people on the streets”, the “fatness” of the “milk welfare” people and the suicide rate of young men.
Senior educated figures, including Kari Lake, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Matt Walsh have all adopted politicized verses despite Anthony’s centrist views.
“I hate to see him armed. I see the right trying to portray me as one of their own, and I see the left trying to smear me, I guess, in retaliation,” he said in the nearly 11-minute video.
Anthony is in his late 20s or early 30s. Oliver Anthony Music / facebook
“That has to stop,” Anthony stated.
The Post has reached out to Anthony for comment.
Anthony, who just released a new song Wednesday titled “I Want To Go Home,” said Free press on Thursday that he hopes his viral hit will inspire listeners to stop relying “on someone 150 or 500 miles away from them to solve their problems.”
“No one in Washington, DC, no one in the federal government came to our rescue,” he told the outlet.
“The only people who will save us are each other.”
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