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There Is No Authority But Yourself

The title of the film is derived from the final lines of the Crass album Yes Sir, I Will; "You must learn to live with your own conscience, your own morality, your own decision, your own self. You alone can do it. There is no authority but yourself."


Don't Leave Me This Way

The Eurodisco song "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" by Baccara (1977) borrows heavily from this song, sharing the intro and the bass line but with a different chorus line.

Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

In 2000, Nina Miranda of Smoke City fame covered the track for the soundtrack of the movie Born Romantic.

ABBA cover act Björn Again recorded a cover version that appears on the second disc of their double album Flash Back!

Yes Sir, I Will

The title of the record is ironic, taken from a news cutting reporting a conversation said to have taken place between Charles, Prince of Wales and a badly burned soldier (Simon Weston) who had returned from the Falklands;


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