Martyn Ware: "We were going through the disco charts in Record Mirror, picking out all the words from those absurd disco titles. We were laughing at those phrases, thinking they're pretty good, and then we just chucked in 'How Much Longer Must We Tolerate This Fascist Groove Thang.' We were pissing ourselves for days. Glenn had to sing it line by line in the studio. We've got loads of outtakes of him cracking up whilst singing. It was 'hot you ass I feel your power' that did him ... a classic stupid line."
Glenn Gregory: "The plan for America is to re-record the vocals and call it 'Commie Groove Thang.' It's not that we're wet liberals, it's just that America is only good for one thing and that's taking the money off them. They don't deserve any better. We'll be taking the money out of them. They have plenty of money and not much taste. Over there we just want to sell. In Britain we want to impress."
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| Brothers, sisters, we don't need this fascist groove thang | 3 |
| Reagan's president elect | 2 |
| Unlock that funky chaindance | 2 |
| Fascist god in motion | 1 |
| Hot you ass I feel your power | 1 |
| Sisters, brothers lend a hand | 1 |
| Fascist thang advancing | 1 |
| Grab that groove thang by the throat | 1 |
| Europe's an unhappy land | 1 |
| Hitler proves that funky stuff | 1 |
| Don't just sit there on your ass | 1 |
| Democrats are out of power | 1 |
| Evil men with racist views | 1 |
| Stop your good time dancing | 0 |
| Train their guns on me and you | 0 |
| Increase our population | 0 |
| And throw it in the ocean | 0 |
| You're real tonight you move my soul | 0 |
| Let's cruise out of the dance war | 0 |
| Come out your house and dance your dance | 0 |
| Shake that fascist groove thang | 0 |
| (Everybody move to prove the groove) | 0 |
| Generals tell him what to do | 0 |
| Across that great wide ocean | 0 |
| Have you heard it on the news | 0 |
| About this fascist groove thang | 0 |
| Spreading all across the land | 0 |
| Brothers, sisters shoot your best | 0 |
| We don't need this fascist groove thang | 0 |
| History will repeat itself | 0 |
| Crisis point we're near the hour | 0 |
| Counterforce will do no good | 0 |
| Is not for you and me girl | 0 |
| They've had their fascist groove thang | 0 |
| (Shake it!) | 0 |
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Friday, 8 May 2009 05:18 (sixteen years ago)