This really isn't a love song: we know because Lydon repeats the title 44 times.
"It's a theme that remained relevant decades later; in our 2015 interview with Lydon, he discussed the song. "Big business considers itself very wise, when in fact, it's not," he said. "It's a headless chicken of greed and selfishness and all of the things that make life for the rest of us unbearable."
Lydon came up with the title and concept for this track after someone at his record company asked him about writing a nice, marketable love song. This song was a response to that request.
This was the biggest hit for Public Image, Ltd., reaching #5 in the UK. Lydon was surprised the song was so popular, as he felt it was the most spiteful song he'd ever written". [songfacts.com]
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