![]() Except sadly I was too young to vote and clearly Hue and Cry had less voting influence than I'd hoped the electorate returned Thatcher for a third term and we would have to wait another 10 years to get rid of the tories. ![]() "I've had enough of you, and your super-bad crew"Īnd so this song ushered in the June general election of 1987 with a promise of an electoral revolt and the sweeping out of the tories from number 10. Nevertheless trade unions continued to withdraw the labour of their members (aka striking) and during Thatcher's second term we saw the Miners' Strike in 1984-85 and the Wapping dispute (printer's strike) of 1986. Gonna strike for the right to get into your heart" In particular they campaigned hard against the trade unions which were perceived at the time as holding Britain to ransom by frequent striking. Thatcher had been elected in 79 on a conservative party platform of bringing toughness back to a Britain which had "gone soft". "Do you recall about 7 years ago now you said Song MeaningI remember this coming out in early 1987 I was a political young thing and was struck immediately by the double play of the lyrics describing both an unhappy romantic relationship and the relationship between the electorate and the tory government. Gonna strike for the right to get into your heart I don't need your pseudo-satisfaction baby I've had enough of you, and your super-bad crew I don't need your ministration, your bad determination I can't stand it, I said I just don't want it O said she, that ever I was born to be so much unhappy, thus in the prime of all my Youth and Beauty to ' be violently cast into the Arms of Age. All the singles and albums of HUE & CRY, peak chart positions, career stats, week-by-week chart runs and latest news. Gonna strike for the right to get into your heart, baby now Their second album, 1988’s Remote, becomes Remote: Major To Minor a 3CD+DVD set packaged within a 48-page hardback book. My mistake was to love you a little too much Scottish pop duo Hue and Cry are reissuing one of their most successful albums as a special deluxe book set. Ha, easy, I noticed you said it never was gonna be easy Gonna strike for the right to get into your cold heart Gonna strike for the right to get into your heart, yeah Loved you for putting me down in a totally new wayīut now, too much pain for too little gainĪnd I feel like I'm gonna strike back right now You said, you recall about seven years ago now
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