10 Rock Songs That Were Written As A Joke

You Gotta Fight by the Beastie Boys will probably be the eternal frat bro anthem until the end of time. With each passing line, these buds from New York practically wrote the handbook on what the 20-something college dude mentality is, from the misogynistic behavior to railing against any authority figure in their way. In fact, the frat boys caught on so quick that they probably didn't realize that were being made fun of.

For as much as Licensed to Ill is your standard retro hip hop album, most of the lyrics covered here are just the product of the Beasties painting a caricature for what they saw as disrespectful behavior among their peers. Looking to make it cut and dry, You Gotta Fight was written primarily as a satire of what many people think the college life entails, which more often than not became an unfortunate reality once the song blew up.

Going out on tour with Madonna, the Beasties were shellshocked that their satire had fallen on deaf ears, with most of the crowd being nothing but the frat bros that they sang about. As time went on, Ad-Rock MCA and Mike D have all since distanced themselves from their first big hit, hardly ever playing it after their first big tour. The Beastie Boys may have been about having fun, but if this is the only song you know, you have little to no grasp on the big picture of what they are all about.