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"Warsaw" is the opening song on the EP An Ideal for Living, written and performed by the British band Joy Division. It was slated for release on the planned debut album which was scrapped, although bootlegged under the name Warsaw. The song references Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Führer, who flew to Great Britain in 1941 in an attempt to negotiate a peace between Germany and the UK.

Composition

The song starts with the mock-countoff "3 5 0 1 2 5 Go!"; "31G-350125" was Hess's prisoner of war serial number when he was captured after flying to Eaglesham, Scotland during World War II. The chorus is a simple repetition of "31G", the first three characters of his serial number with "31" signifying the European theatre of war and "G" German, the nationality of the prisoner.

Other versions

The song is available on a number of compilations, including Substance. At a performance of the song "At a Later Date" at the Electric Circus in Manchester, Guitarist Bernard Sumner shouts "You all forgot Rudolf Hess" before the song begins.

"Warsaw" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2.

Seaweed's 1999 Actions and Indications album features a cover version.

References

1. "Joy Division – An Ideal for Living". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
2. "Warsaw - Joy Division". Genius.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
3. Bird, Eugene K. (April 29, 1974). The Loneliest Man in the World: The Inside Story of the Thirty-Year Imprisonment of Rudolf Hess. Ishi Press. ISBN 978-4871878807.
4. "Substance -- Joy Division". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
5. "Joy Division - At a Later Date". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
6. "Soundtracks - Tony Hawk's Underground". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

• Joy Division songs
• 1978 songs
• Songs written by Bernard Sumner
• Songs written by Peter Hook
• Songs written by Stephen Morris (musician)
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