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You Quit Your Job: What Song Do You Play as You Leave?

Updated March 9, 2020 2.0k votes 572 voters 63.0k views42 items

It doesn’t matter who you are, from the president to the guy who makes venti white mochas, everyone in the world has fantasized about quitting a job that they totally hate while listening to one of their favorite pump up songs. Stomping out of your job jamming pump up music is the number one fantasy of countless members of the workforce, and everyone should get to do it once in their life. It doesn’t matter if you like hip-hop, metal, country, or pop there are plenty of feel-good songs to facilitate you leaving your old life behind. So what song do you play when you quit your job?

The best quit your job songs are the tunes that pump you up while making you forget that you’ve lost your main source of income. They’re fist in the air, sing along anthems, that aren’t just good pump up songs, they’re the perfect tracks to expedite your transition into a new life of hanging out on the couch and eating cereal for lunch. Unless you’ve got a new job lined up, in which case bully for you. The songs on this list are the perfect tunes for stealing your office printer and partying your way out of the office.

Vote up the songs that you want playing as your march out of your lame job with your head held high. If the tune you want playing while you bail on your low-life boss isn’t on this list, feel free to add it.

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Take This Job and Shove It
Johnny Paycheck
"Take this job and shove it."
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We're Not Gonna Take It
Twisted Sister
Albums: Stay Hungry
Composer: Twisted Sister, Dee Snider
Length (seconds): 3:39
"We're not gonna take it, No, we ain't gonna take it, We're not gonna take it anymore"
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Bye Bye Bye
'N Sync
Albums: No Strings Attached
Composer: Andreas Carlsson, Kristian Lundin, Jacob Schulze
Producer: Kristian Lundin, Jacob Schulze
Length (seconds): 3:18
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These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
Nancy Sinatra
Albums: Boots
Composer: Lee Hazlewood
Producer: Lee Hazlewood
Length (seconds): 2:40
"These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you."
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Sabotage
Beastie Boys
Albums: Ill Communication
Composer: Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch, Mike D, Ad-Rock
Producer: Mario Caldato, Jr.
Length (seconds): 2:58
"So listen up 'cause you can't say nothin'. You'll shut me down with a push of your button? But yo I'm out and I'm gone. I'll tell you now I keep it on and on."
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Here I Go Again
Whitesnake
Albums: Saints & Sinners
Composer: David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden
Length (seconds): 4:33
"Going down the only roooooaaad I've ever known"
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Freedom
Rage Against the Machine
Albums: Rage Against the Machine
Length (seconds): 5:44
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Already Gone
Eagles
Albums: On the Border, One of These Nights, Desperado
Composer: Jack Tempchin
Producer: Bill Szymczyk
Length (seconds): 4:15
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School's Out
Alice Cooper
Albums: School's Out
Composer: Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Glen Buxton, Neal Smith, Michael Bruce
Producer: Bob Ezrin
Length (seconds): 3:27
"School's out for summer, School's out forever"
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I've Had It
Black Flag
"I can’t go to work, the boss is a jerk."
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Never Going Back Again
Fleetwood Mac
Albums: Rumours
Composer: Lindsey Buckingham
Producer: Fleetwood Mac, Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut
Length (seconds): 2:4
"You don't know what it means to win"
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Break Stuff
Limp Bizkit
Albums: Significant Other
Composer: John Otto, Wes Borland, Sam Rivers
Producer: Terry Date, Limp Bizkit
Length (seconds): 2:46
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The Job That Ate My Brain
Ramones
Albums: Mondo Bizarro
Length (seconds): 2:18
"I can't take this crazy pace, I've become a mental case. Yeah, this is the job that ate my brain"

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thank u, next
Ariana Grande
"Thank you, next (next)"
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I 95 Asshole Song
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I Quit
Descendents
"Got better things to do with my life - I quit"
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Won't Get Fooled Again
The Who
Albums: Who's Next
Composer: The Who, Pete Townshend
Producer: Glyn Johns
Length (seconds): 3:38
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"
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Picture Me Rollin'
Big Syke, Tupac Shakur
Albums: All Eyez on Me
Length (seconds): 5:15
"Picture me rollin'. Move to the side a little bit so you can get a clear picture."
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Waylon Jennings If You See Me Getting Smaller I'm Leaving
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Dog Days Are Over
Florence and the Machine
Albums: Lungs
Composer: Florence Welch, Isabella Summers
Length (seconds): 3:40
"The horses are coming so you better run"
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Dennis Leary I'm an Asshole
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Walk Before They Make Me Run
Rolling Stones
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Party Like a Rockstar
Shop Boyz
Albums: Rockstar Mentality
Length (seconds): 4:13
"I'm on a money making mission, but I party like a rockstar."

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B*tch, Don't Kill My Vibe
Kendrick Lamar
Albums: good kid, m.A.A.d city
Composer: Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, Robin Hannibal, Robin Braun
Length (seconds): 5:6
"I can feel the new changes, I can feel a new life. I always knew life could be dangerous."
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A Praise Chorus
Jimmy Eat World
Albums: Bleed American
Producer: Jimmy Eat World, Mark Trombino
Length (seconds): 4:4
"I'm on my feet, I'm on the floor, I'm good to go. All I need is just to hear a song I know."