chords are and where the melody is. The bass is the third part in the puzzle." The lyrics, partly autobiographical, are sometimes criticised for their similarity to Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World" (1960), but Partridge denied copying the song intentionally. He stated, however, that the ending was a "slight tip of the hat" to the Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine" (1966). "King for a Day" was composed from an alternate guitar tuning. Moulding credited Partridge with the "bell-like" counterpoint melody, and recalled that the backwards effect on the guitar may have been accidental. Virgin earmarked the song as potentially the album's lead single and commissioned a number of remixes for the song. Moulding said he had no input on these alternate versions and remembered that they "really stretched the budget to the limit". "Here Comes President Kill Again" is a sociopolitical song arranged in a marching band style. Partridge: "I'm just saying, 'Go ahead, have your little bit of power and vote for who you want, but there's no difference' ... it's almost like, if they're a politician, that's the very reason you shouldn't vote for them". The "President Nil" mentioned in its lyric refers to the character from the Alan Sillitoe book Travels in Nihilon, which itself originated the title of the past XTC song from Black Sea (1980). Partridge described the middle section as a simulacrum of the Beatles' White Album. Side two "The Loving" is a singalong anthem that was, according to Partridge, a rewrite of the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" (1967). The inspiration for the music came from the Supremes' "The Happening" and Honeybus' "I Can't Let Maggie Go". He added that he "wanted something anthemic like 'All the Young Dudes'". Mastelotto recalled the sampled crowd noises at the beginning was his suggestion to Fox, except he meant the crowd to be much smaller in size. The song initially began as a "Madonna feel -- kind of a rock beat, very tight-sounding" until they later did "a few more takes of [the song], completely live -- the opposite of what we'd done earlier". "Poor Skeleton Steps Out" features a samba-style rhythm, glockenspiel and numerous slowed down voices. Partridge said of its percussion: "things that you might think are drums and percussion on that song may be things like guitars with paper threaded through the strings ... And something that sounds like a vacuum cleaner starting up