“History will repeat itself, Crisis point, We're near the hour”

song ~ “(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang”
artist ~ Heaven 17  

(Everybody move to prove the groove) [repeat ...]

Have you heard it on the news
About this fascist groove thang?
Evil men with racist views
Spreading all across the land
Don't just sit there on your ass
Unlock that funky chaindance
Brothers, sisters, shoot your best
We don't need this fascist groove thang

Brothers, sisters
We don't need this
Brothers, sisters
We don't need the fascist groove thang

History will repeat itself
Crisis point, we're near the hour
Counterforce will do no good
White blue eyes, I feel your power
Hitler proves that funky stuff
It's not for you and me, girl (no, no, no)
Europe's an unhappy land
They've had their fascist groove thang

Brothers, sisters
We don't need their fascist groove thang
Brothers, sisters
We don't need their fascist groove thang

Democrats are out of power
Across that great wide ocean
Reagan's president elect
Fascist god in motion
Generals tell him what to do
Stop your good time dancing
Train their guns on me and you
Fascist thang advancing

Sisters, brothers lend a hand
Increase your population
Grab that groove thang by the throat
And throw it in the ocean

You're real tonight, you move my soul
Let's cruise out of the dance war
Come out your house and dance your dance
Shake that fascist groove thang (shake it)

Brothers, sisters
We don't need that fascist groove thang
Brothers, sisters
We don't need the fascist groove thang

Brothers, sisters
We don't need their fascist groove thang
Brothers, sisters
We don't need that fascist groove thang

Brothers, sisters
We don't need their fascist groove thang  [repeat ... ]     _{(Image source)}

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“(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang”  was the debut single of the early ‘80s electro-pop band Heaven 17. The band was formed by 2 guys who had left their previous band when it started to turn into a Human, All-Too-Human League. 

Pop Against Fascism and Racism

Written shortly after Margaret Thatcher came to power in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the US, this song decries both the incipient fascism and racism of the times. In fact, the song was banned from airplay on the BBC, as its legal team feared that the song’s reference to the “fascist”  Reagan could be thought of as libelous. Turns out it was not. 

Pop Beats Censorship

However, most listeners at the time considered the radio ban to be just some “fascist groove censorship,”  and the song rose to a respectable 45 on the UK charts.  

A Clockwork Moniker

note – The band took its name from the Anthony Burgess novel “A Clockwork Orange,”  in which there is a brief mention of a band named The Heaven Seventeen.     _{(Image source)}
Heaven 17 – "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang"  _{(Right-click to hear on YouTube)}
Lyrics by Martyn Ware, Ian Craig Marsh, Glenn Gregory, courtesy of – AZLyrics.com
References – Wikipedia
References – TheGuardian.com

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