Songfacts®:

• This is the title track from English indie rock band The Cribs' fourth studio album. The Cribs are brothers Gary Jarman (vocals/bass), Ryan Jarman (guitar/vocals), and Ross Jarman (drums). For Ignore the Ignorant they were joined by ex-Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr, who became a formal member of the group in February 2008.
• The song was partly inspired by the far right British National Party's success in the 2009 European Parliamentary elections, particularly in The Cribs' home county of Yorkshire.
• This song, along with the rest of the album was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Nick Launay, who has worked with such artists as Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Arcade Fire, Supergrass, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.
• Guitarist Ryan Jarman told Gibson.com that he used his Gibson E5-335S a great deal on the album. He explained: "The reason why I started playing them in the first place was Alex [Kapranos] from Franz Ferdinand had one and I used it in the studio and just loved the sound of it. I know it may look a bit weird in our band because it's not the kind of guitar you'd expect us to play, but the thing that I really like about the semi-acoustic is that, since I like to have a lot of gain on my amp, the guitar is always on the verge of feeding back. I think it adds a lot of tension to the sound, which is something that I love."