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HEAVEN 17 Released Debut Single ‘(WE DON’T NEED THIS) FASCIST GROOVE THANG’ Today 45 Years Ago

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Top singles from the past

6 March 2026

British electro pop outfit HEAVEN 17 who feature former Human League
members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, scored their biggest successes
in the 80s.

The trio is still playing live shows.

On 6 March 1981, today 45 years ago they released their best known
song, debut single (WE DON’T NEED THIS) FASCIST GROOVE THANG.

It was part of their debut LP Penthouse And Pavement .

The lyrics of the song refer to two political leaders of the time,
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President Ronald Reagan
and include denunciations of both racism and fascism.

Of course, the hypocrites at the BBC banned the single.
A big reason for reaching only spot 45 on the Charts.

Now, raise your middle finger to all fascists and racists of today.

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FERAL FIVE – Title Track Of Their Debut Album ‘TRUTH IS THE NEW GOLD’ Remixed By Musical HEAVEN 17 Maestro MARTYN WARE

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

22 October 2023

London‘s synth-dream-pop FERAL FIVE – Kat and Drew Five – released
their splendid debut LP TRUTH IS THE NEW GOLD last February.

Stream/buy below.

The titillating title track is now remixed by Martyn Ware, the musical maestro of
veteran synth pop act Heaven 17 formed in 1980 after Ware left The Human League.


Martyn Ware, W-Fest, Belgium, 2016 – photo by Turn Up The Volume

I’m not a great fan of remixes. To my ears, if the original isn’t good,
the remix can’t save it. Also lots of remixes drown the original in
an overdone tangle of exaggerated production.

But (there’s always a but) what Ware did here is quite cool.

He turned the ambient dream-pop tune into an acid-house dancefloor
filler by adding spot-on bleeps, bass vibes and funky guitars. Simple and
subtle, but terrifically effective. And no, we still don’t need that fascist
groove thang.

STREAM

ORIGINAL VIDEO

ALBUM


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TODAY’S YESTERDAY ALBUM – ‘Penthouse And Pavement’ Debut LP by HEAVEN 17…

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Remarkable albums from the past…

‘Penthouse And Pavement’ by HEAVEN 17
Debut LP released September 1981

ALL MUSIC wrote: “When synthesists Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware left the Human
League in 1980, the decision seemed iffy; after all, the League appeared on the way up and would achieve global fame the very next year with Dare!. The first album from Heaven 17, Marsh and Ware’s new trio with singer Glenn Gregory, wasn’t greeted with quite the same commercial kudos when released in 1981, but it turned out to be an important outing nevertheless. Picking up where Kraftwerk had left off with The Man Machine, the group
created glistening electro-pop that didn’t skimp on danceable grooves or memorable
melodies.” – Score: 4/5 – Full review here

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: Stylish electronics, sticky dance tunes,
and infectious grooves.

TOP TRACK: the inevitable one, because of its infectious geniality…

Album in full…

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