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| If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next | ||
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| Compact Disc single and Cassette tape by Manic Street Preachers | ||
| From the album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours | ||
| Released | August 24, 1998 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | ?? mins ?? secs | |
| Record label | Epic | |
| Producer | ??? | |
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| This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours track listing | ||
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If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next was the first singleAlternate meanings: Single (disambiguation In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album, usually featuring on an album as well. It is often accompanied by sever to be released from the Manic Street Preachers' This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, on August 24, 1998. All three members of the band, James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire shared the writing credits.
The song was about the Spanish Civil War, and the idealism of volunteers from around the world who joined the International Brigade fighting Franco's fascist army.
The song takes its name from a Republican poster at the time. A young child killed by the Nazis was portrayed on the poster and a stark warning written at the bottom: “If you tolerate this, your children will be next.” A variant poster came with the similar message, “What Europe tolerates or protects. What your children can expect.”
Various works on the Spanish civil war were the inspiration for this song, most notably George Orwell’s first-hand account, “Homage to Catalonia." Nicky has acknowledged that he was also inspired by a song by The Clash, Spanish Bombs , which has a similar subject.
Certain lyrics seem to pertain to these works. For example, the line “If I can shoot rabbits/then I can shoot fascists” is attributed to a Welsh farmer who signed up with the Republican fighters.
“I’ve walked Las Ramblas/but not with real intent” brings to mind the account in Orwell’s book of fighting on the Ramblas, with the various factions seemingly getting nowhere with the fighting and often a sense of camaraderie overriding the vaunted principles each side was supposed to be fighting for.
The single reached number one in the UK charts on September 5 1998 to become the first of their singles to achieve this. ( The Masses Against The Classes) also made number one on January 22 2000.
There were two CD singles; the first also included versions of "Prologue To History" and "Montana Autumn 78"; the second featured a 4'54" remix by Massive Attack and a 10'02" The Class Reunion of the Sunset Marquis Mix by David Holmes.
The song also made an appearance as track number three on Forever Delayed 2002 the Manics greatest hits album.
Manic Street Preachers songs