Fucking USA
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"Fuck'n USA", often called "Fucking USA", is a protest song written by South Korean singer and activist Yoon Min-suk. Strongly anti-American, the song was written in 2002 at a time when, following the Apolo Ohno Olympic controversy and an incident in which two Korean middle school students were killed by a U.S. Army vehicle, anti-American sentiment in South Korea reached peak levels. The song became a hit and was played at numerous protests and marches including one in front of the United States embassy; people also wore stickers bearing its name. The melody in the background is the same with the American song Fuck tha Police.
Later a music video, supposedly created by North Koreans in the South, was broadcast on a South Korean news program, where it was picked up by the Rob Pongi show and subsequently rebroadcast on the show's website along with Japanese and English subtitles, enabling it to spread worldwide. The version of the song in the video has been remixed and opens with caricatures of U.S. President George W. Bush taunting Koreans, while chants of "부시악" ("Pushi Ak" or "Bush Evil") echo in the background. As the music plays, it displays a slideshow of Korean political cartoons attacking U.S. foreign policy, ending abruptly on the line "Yankee Go Home!", with an animation of the Statue of Liberty exploding. It details a litany of Korean grievances against America, beginning from the most recent and going back to the Korean War and the No Gun Ri tragedy.
The video has developed a very minor cult status in the West, where it has been shown on comedy shows such as Tarrant on TV.
