A Job Song is the kind of song workers sing to keep themselves motivated while they work. The subversion of this is the Working Class Anthem, a song that motivates the worker into rebelling against the job in favor of putting it in its place.

Much like the Earth Song, the Working Class Anthem is the type of song with a political agenda. In this case, it criticizes the economic conditions of the time, usually written and sung for and by the working class at the expense of the rich and powerful. Such topics include: low-wages, terrible working conditions,