Stand Down Margaret

"Stand Down Margaret"
Single by the Beat
from the album I Just Can't Stop It
A-side"Best Friend"
Released8 August 1980 (1980-08-08)[1]
Genre
Length
  • 3:32 (dub version)
  • 3:51 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bob Sargeant
The Beat singles chronology
"Mirror in the Bathroom"
(1980) 		"Best Friend" / "Stand Down Margaret"
(1980) 		"Too Nice to Talk To"
(1980)

"Stand Down Margaret" is a song by British ska/new wave band the Beat, released as a double A-side single with "Best Friend" in August 1980. It is one of the band's most political songs, referring to the want for the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to resign.[3]

  1. ^ "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 2 August 1980. p. 4. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. ^ Chick, Stevie (2015). "The Beat - "Save It for Later". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 515.
  3. ^ "Dave Wakeling of The English Beat : Songwriter Interviews". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.