Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin martani ga al'amuran siyasa da yanayin tashin hankali na 1968, Beatles sun saki "Juyin Juya Hali", a cikin kalmomin da Lennon ya amince da shirin zaman lafiya a kan tashin hankali. Waƙar ta haifar da muhawara mai zurfi ta farko game da alaƙar da ke tsakanin kiɗan dutsen da siyasa, inda a baya 'yan jaridar kiɗa da' yan siyasa masu tsattsauran ra'ayi a Amurka galibi suna kallon fannonin su daban. Matsayin Lennon ya jawo mummunan zargi daga marubutan New Left yayin da aka fitar da waƙar guda ɗaya tare da tashin hankali na masu zanga-zangar yaƙin Vietnam a taron Majalisar Dattijai na Democratic
Chicago, da la'anta a Yammacin mamayewar da Soviet ta jagoranta na Czechoslovakia da murkushe ƙoƙarinsa na gabatar da gyare-gyaren dimokiradiyya a can. Tare da sakonsa na duniya, McCartney's "Hey Jude", A-gefen guda, an karbe shi a matsayin taken da 'yan kasar Czech suka yi a gwagwarmayarsu. "The Beatles" sun kai irin wannan hari ta hannun hagu. Duk da yake counterculture ya karbi "Piggies" a matsayin anti-kafa take, da yawa yan tsattsauran ra'ayi gani band ta amfani da parody da satire a ko'ina cikin album a matsayin hujja da su disengagement da latsa siyasa al'amurran da suka shafi.