Anthems in Animal Farm "Socialism in One Country". The song itself is most likely a reference to the State Anthem of the Soviet Union. As Napoleon became more powerful, he replaced "Animal Farm!" with another anthem, again written by Minimus. The anthem praised and glorified Napoleon, attributing many of the successes on the farm to him, even though he had little or no role in them. The poem marked the general happy feeling towards the rule of Napoleon at the time in the book and was painted on the wall of the big barn opposite the Seven Commandments. It was capped by a portrait
Animal Farm (song) eighth track on said album. However, the track was eventually used as the B-side to the Japanese only single, "Village Green". The track was also released on The Kinks' compilation album "Picture Book", and an alternate stereo mix of the track made its debut on the 2004 Sanctuary Records special deluxe edition of "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society". "Animal Farm" has received positive feedback from reviewers. J.H. Tompkins of "Pitchfork Media" said of "Animal Farm", "There's a clue to who [Davies] was in the song 'Animal Farm', which opens with a cascade of chords played on a