Notable Covers
- A French version called "L'Anarchie pour l'UK" was part of the soundtrack to the film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.
- Mötley Crüe covered the song on their 1991 album Decade of Decadence, with USA-centric lyric changes and some vulgar language.
- British group The Ukrainians sang a Ukrainian language version of the song on their 2002 Respublika album.
- The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain released a 2005 concert DVD entitled Anarchy in the Ukulele, featuring their own folk-rock version of the song.
- Anna Tsuchiya covered the song on the 2007 compilation album Nana Best.
- Fans of Wrexham FC use the song as the basis for their chant "I am a Wrexham fan (I wanna be Wrexham FC)"
- Fans of F.C. United of Manchester use the song as part of their main football chant "I am an FC fan".
- Fans of FC Halifax Town use the song as the basis for their terrace chant "Anarchy at The Shay", starting with the line "I am a Shaymen fan" in reference to the club's nickname.
- Fans of Fleetwood Town also use the song as a basis for their chant "I Wanna Be Cod Army".
- A Spanish language-version of the song entitled "Anarchy in the USA" was included on The Million Dollar Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture.
- The London-based indie label Criminal Records is releasing a tongue-in-cheek version of the song by the band 'rocketclover' for the 2010 Christmas holidays. The release is linked to a Facebook campaign to get the single in the charts, in the same fashion of the Rage Against X Factor campaign.
- Billy Childish recorded a cover of the song with his punk rock group The Blackhands.
- German band The BossHoss covered the song on their album Do or Die.
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