# I Think 'Invincible' Could Be The Anthem To A Revolution.

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**Created:** [November 28, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-invincible-could-be-the-anthem-to-a-revolution/738824 "2015-11-28T13:41:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-invincible-could-be-the-anthem-to-a-revolution/738824/1 "2015-11-28T13:41:42Z")

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I could be alone in thinking this. But I think Pat Benatar’s _Invincible_ could be the prelude to a revolution. I know that is what I thought when I first heard it about 20 years ago. (I had no idea it was from the movie _The Legend of Billie Jean_. It doesn’t matter anyways, though, because I still haven’t seen the movie.)

[Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A4xBp2rizQ) is the video. And [here](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pat+benatar/invincible_20104702.html) are the lyrics.

I don’t know why. But for some reason, I am thinking about a revolution in South America, with a really evil fascist dictator. But of course, it need not apply to something as grandiose as a full-scale revolution. It can just apply to the personal struggles you have in your personal life.

What do the rest of you think? And why is this song from that movie, _The Legend of Billie Jean_? What’s connection (the video, as you can see, is a little vague too)?

🙂

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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-invincible-could-be-the-anthem-to-a-revolution/738824/2 "2015-11-28T13:52:39Z")

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BTW, and I am not literally telling anyone here, or anywhere else, to start a revolution obviously. I am just describing what the song seems to say.

And again, I surely am not alone in this regard.

Why was the song written this way? What’s the full story on that? I would really like to know:).

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**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-invincible-could-be-the-anthem-to-a-revolution/738824/3 "2015-11-28T15:16:11Z")

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A very . . . 80s revolution.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-invincible-could-be-the-anthem-to-a-revolution/738824/4 "2015-11-28T15:18:01Z")

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Billie Jean isn’t a revolutionary; she’s a social bandit (like Robin Hood).