Vote For Me

Album: Encore (2019)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song finds Terry Hall lambasting the political elite who are "drunk on money and power." The atmospheric arrangement featuring a gently skanking, strings assisted rhythm has drawn comparison to The Specials' huge 1981 hit "Ghost Town."

    "I never really thought about 'Ghost Town' until after we recorded 'Vote For Me,'" Hall told The Sun. "But then people started saying they sounded a bit similar."

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