The second single off '' Strangeways , Here We Come '' was scheduled to be " Stop Me If You Think You 've Heard This One Before " , an up-tempo pop-rock song . The song contains the lines Rough Trade deemed it unwise to release the song in the wake of the Hungerford massacre , fearing a BBC Radio ban . In the UK , " I Started Something I Could n't Finish " was chosen instead , but other countries ( United States , Canada , Australia , Netherlands ) opted to keep " Stop Me If You Think You 've Heard This One Before " , releasing it in 7 " , 12 " and CD single formats
Hungerford massacre
Hungerford massacre
Stop Me