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"Take This Job and Shove It" is a 1977 country music song written by David Allan Coe and 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 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 Paycheck's only #1 hit. Its B-side, "Colorado Kool-Aid," spent ten weeks on the same chart and peaked at #50.〔 Coe recorded a 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 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''. ==Phrase== "Take this job and shove it" became a popular phrase as a result of the song. It also became a snowclone phrase, leading to a variety of book and article titles of the form, "Take this job and ... it". The most notable is "Take this job and love it", which has been the title of dozens of books, mostly about career counseling, as well as the title of a 2007 episode of the television series ''Hannah Montana''. Another notable variation was the 2006 book ''Take This Job and Ship It'' by U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Take This Job and Shove It」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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