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After its release by the Animals in 1965, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil’s song “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” became an anthem for American soldiers in Vietnam—for obvious reasons:

“We gotta get out of this place!

If it’s the last thing we ever do.

We gotta get out of this place!

Girl, there’s a better life for me and you.”

But the song isn’t about soldiers stuck in a war zone. The verses lament being trapped in a dirty city, in a dead-end job, and growing old before your time. No wonder 45 years after its release “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” continues to resonate with workers around the world.

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