Anthems in Animal Farm the novel as sounding like a combination of "La Cucaracha" and "Oh My Darling, Clementine".) After "Beasts of England" has been used to express criticism of the direction of Animal Farm, Napoleon tries to supplant the song, arguing that such an anthem is antiquated and no longer needed after the rebellion has been completed. The anthem is first replaced by the short "Animal Farm!" and later by "Comrade Napoleon", while "Beasts of England" is eventually outlawed. The phasing out of "Beasts of England" as the anthem of Animal Farm corresponds to the Soviet Union's 1944 replacement of "The Internationale" with
Animal Farm (song) Kinks songs to be "Animal Farm", "Waterloo Sunset" and "Dead End Street". Ray Davies also seems to be fond of the track. The Judybats, an alternative rock band from Tennessee covered this song on their 1992 album "Down in the Shacks Where the Satellite Dishes Grow". Animal Farm (song) "Animal Farm" is the first track on the second side of the Kinks' 1968 album, "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society". The track was written by the Kinks' main songwriter, Ray Davies. The lyrics of "Animal Farm" visit an escapism theme (one that would be returned to in "Apeman"