The second single to be released from The Damned's Machine Gun Etiquette album, this was banned from BBC Radio 1's playlist because of its perceived anarchic lyrics. However, the song still managed to become a minor hit in the winter of 1979, and subsequently, the band's unofficial anthem.
The song is in a two-part form: an instrumental segueing into an energetic pop-punk song that criticized hippie culture. Guitarist Captain Sensible originally conceived the tune as one half of a four part suite and although the first two sections appeared on the Machine Gun Etiquette album, the last couple didn't surface until the release of 2004's Smash It Up: 25th Anniversary Edition EP.
On the Machine Gun Etiquette album the two sections are listed separately as "Smash It Up (Part 1)" and "Smash It Up (Part 2)."
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