I only found out a couple of years ago that this is a cover of a Joe Jackson song.
Jackson did not hold Anthrax's version in high regard. In the June 1991 issue of Q magazine, Jackson remarked: "I think it sounds kind of clumsy compared to the way we did it on the Live album. I mean, our version is really smoking. Theirs is actually slower than ours, and kind of lumpen. The way I feel about it is, Thanks for the royalties, guys." In another interview, he explained, "I could never quite understand why they were called a “speed metal” band because we played the song about twice as fast as they did."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got_the_Time
I've loved the Anthrax version since it came out, but I have to say I agree with him:
As with any cover tune there are people who like it and people who don't. Jackson gave Anthrax his permission for them to do it but didn't like the result. Oh well, Joe. Shut up and take your share of the royalties.
(post is archived)