(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

"(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang"
"(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang"
Single by Heaven 17
from the album Penthouse and Pavement
B-side	"The Decline of the West"
Released	13 March 1981
Studio	Maison Rouge (Sheffield)
Genre	Synth-pop; funk; electro-funk; disco;
Length	4:20
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Glenn Gregory; Ian Craig Marsh; Martyn Ware;
Producer(s)	British Electric Foundation
Heaven 17 singles chronology
Official audio
	"(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" on YouTube

"(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" is a song by British synth-pop band Heaven 17. It was their debut single, released on 13 March 1981, and the lead single from their debut studio album, Penthouse and Pavement (1981). It was a minor hit in the UK in 1981, despite being banned by the BBC. It was also a minor dance hit in the US. It developed from an instrumental, "Groove Thang", that Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh created earlier that year for Music for Stowaways, an album they released as British Electric Foundation.

^ "BUILDING AN ELECTRIC FOUNDATION (British Electric Foundation press release)".
^ "Record Mirror, March 14, 1981" (PDF). p. 3.
^ ^a ^b Borthwick, Stuart; Moy, Ron (2004). Popular Music Genres: An Introduction. Routledge. p. 129. ISBN 9780415973694.
^ Evans, Richard (6 August 2024). "1981.3". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. pp. 284–285. ISBN 978-1-915841-45-2.
^ Reynolds, Simon (1 January 2005). "Play to Win: The Pioneers of New Pop". Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. Faber & Faber. p. 372. ISBN 0-571-21570-X. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
^ Cite error: The named reference AMGsongreview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "BUILDING AN ELECTRIC FOUNDATION (British Electric Foundation press release)".

[2] "Record Mirror, March 14, 1981" (PDF). p. 3.

[borthwick-3] Borthwick, Stuart; Moy, Ron (2004). Popular Music Genres: An Introduction. Routledge. p. 129. ISBN 9780415973694.

[Evans_2024-4] Evans, Richard (6 August 2024). "1981.3". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. pp. 284–285. ISBN 978-1-915841-45-2.

[Reynolds_2005-5] Reynolds, Simon (1 January 2005). "Play to Win: The Pioneers of New Pop". Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. Faber & Faber. p. 372. ISBN 0-571-21570-X. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

[AMGsongreview-6] Cite error: The named reference AMGsongreview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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