MEN WITHOUT HATS “P💥P GOES THE W🌎RLD“ (12’’ CLUB MIX) 1987 Electronic Pop Rock Synth-Pop Dance ’80s

“P💥p Goes the W🌎rld“ is a song by Canadian new wave and synth-pop band Men Without Hats. It was released in October 1987 as the lead single from their third studio album of the same name. The song reached No. 1 in Austria, No. 2 in Canada, and No. 3 in South Africa. It was originally written as an electronic instrumental. The song has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. Ivan Doroschuk wrote the song as a light-hearted instrumental tune like “Popcorn“ and tagged it at the end of a 10-12 track demo he sent his producer. The producer urged him to discard the other songs, put lyrics to the instrumental, and write 10-12 more songs in the same vein as the instrumental. The instrumental became “Pop Goes the World“, and the other new songs turned into the rest of the album. The song tells the story of “Johnny“ and “Jenny“, the two members of a musical group called “The Human Race“ on their quest for fame in