The songs "Dance Commander", "Danger! High Voltage", "Gay Bar" and "Synthesizer" were performed by the band in the live concert film Absolute Treasure. The band performed the songs " Dance Commander", " Danger! High Voltage", "She's White", "Gay Bar" and "Synthesizer" on their live album Absolute Pleasure. It was less of a direct sequel and more of a satirisation of demand for them to write such a song. The band recorded a sequel to " Gay Bar" entitled "Gay Bar Part Two" on their album Flashy. ( September 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
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A studio version was released on their album Stallion Battalion.īritish comedy duo Armstrong & Miller parodied the "Gay Bar" in their series promotional video for BBC One in the United Kingdom.
The Bosshoss played a cover of the song during their 2010 "Low Voltage" tour. A live performance of the song at Manumission Ibiza in 2004 was included on the band's compilation album Mimicry and Memories.Ĭanadian electronic musician Peaches covered the song as a bonus track for her album Fatherfucker.
In the censored version of the song, the words "nuclear" and "war" (in the line "let's start a war, start a nuclear war") are cut out and a whip lash sound is used instead. (The actual lyric is "She's just the girl, she's just the girl, the girl you want".) According to Spencer/Valentine, the idea for the song came up from incorrectly hearing the lyrics of DEVO's " Girl U Want" as "it's just a girl, it's just a girl at a gay bar" while the song was playing in a very loud nightclub.