Legend has it that the song came to Spencer after mishearing the lyrics to DEVO’s ‘ The Girl You Want’ whilst out in a club. This single accompanies others like ‘ Danger! High Voltage” and “ Dance Commander” on the band’s debut album ‘ Fire‘. The song, written by ‘ Dick Valentine‘ (A pseudonym for member Tyler Spencer) received large amounts of airplay despite it’s ‘explicit’ lyrics, some of which had to be changed in order to be played in America, most likely due to the song containing the lyric “let’s start a war, start a nuclear war” and being released upon the airwaves at the start of the Iraq War. The song comes from American group Electric Six. This gem of a song was released in 2003, despite being recorded in 2001, and received critical acclaim, achieving itself a number 5 slot on the UK singles chart. One of these tracks is ‘ Gay Bar‘ by Electric Six.
It seems like the 2000s were only yesterday, but with albums like ‘ Favourtie Worst Nightmare‘ by the Arctic Monkeys turning 10 this year we often forget how long ago these tracks were released.
