This song caused controversy when it was released in May 1994, was banned from being given commercial airplay or advertised, and many shops refused to stock it. Despite this, it became Roger's highest charting single to date, reaching no. 22.
In all, six versions have officially been released, whilst a seventh remains unreleased. This page includes full details of all remixes.
The Album version and Radio mix have the line 'stop these stinking Nazis' while the others all have 'kick these fucking Nazis'.
All versions feature Jason Falloon on guitar.
Album Version
Radio Mix
Kick Mix
Makita Mix Extended
Schindler's Mix Extended
Big Science Mix
Banned Version
Album Version
Available on the 'Happiness?' album, all singles, and 'The Lot' boxed set. Length 2:35. Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened (ahhhhh)
They say now it never happened
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis, yeah
And they say that it didn't happen
What the Nazis did to the Jews, yeah
If they think they've a second coming
Then we got different news, yeah
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen (ahhhhh)
They say now it didn't happen
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis, yeah
What the world needs is more Nazis
Like it needs a hole in the head, yeah
Your future is not safe at all
Till this disease is dead
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened (ahhhhh)
They say now it never happened
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis, yeah
Radio Mix
Available on all formats of the single, the 'Solo Singles 1' album and 'The Lot' boxed set. Length 3:25.
This version has a different introduction, features additional instruments throughout, and also drops a verse.
Additional production by Serge Ramackers, Dominic Sas and Remo Martuf for No More Productions. Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis, yeah
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis, yeah
Yeah, they say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis
What the world needs is more Nazis
Like it needs a hole in the head
Your future is not safe at all
Till this disease is dead
And they say that it never happened
What the Nazis did to the Jews
If they think they've a second coming
Then we got different news
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
We gotta stop these stinking Nazis
Kick Mix
Available on the CD single, the 'Solo Singles 1' album and 'The Lot' boxed set. Length 4:26.
This is a remix of the banned version. It also features a new verse, exclusive to this version. The mix features additional fast percussion and synthesisers throughout, and features a few instrumental sections.
Additional production by Serge Ramackers, Dominic Sas and Remo Martuf for No More Productions. They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
And they say that it didn't happen
What the Nazis did to the Jews
If they think they've a second coming
Then we got different news
And they say that it never happened
What the Nazis did to the Jews
If they think that it never happened
They must all have loose screws
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Fucking Nazis
Makita Mix Extended
Available on the 12" and CD singles, the 'Solo Singles 1' album and 'The Lot' boxed set. Length 3:55.
This is a hard rock remix of the banned version. It features extra guitar and fast percussion, and includes excerpts from a Nazi rally.
Additional production by Danny Saber for SOS Management. (Extracts from a Nazi rally) They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis, yeah
And they say that it didn't happen
What the Nazis did to the Jews, yeah
If they think they've a second coming
Then we got different news (Extracts from a Nazi rally) They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis, yeah
What the world needs is more Nazis
Like it needs a hole in the head, yeah
Your future is not safe at all
Till this disease is dead
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis (Extracts from a Nazi rally)
Schindler's Mix Extended
Available on the CD single, the 'Solo Singles 1' album and 'The Lot' boxed set. Length 4:21.
This is another hard rock remix of the 'banned' version. It is quite similar to the above 'Makita Mix', but the percussion is slower and does not feature as much guitar. It still retains the the very fast outro, and features excerpts from a Nazi rally.
Additional production by Danny Saber for SOS Management. (Extracts from a Nazi rally) They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened (ahhhh)
They say now it never happened
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis, yeah
And they say that it didn't happen
What the Nazis did to the Jews, yeah
If they think they've a second coming
Then we got different news, yeah (Extracts from a Nazi rally) They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis, yeah
What the world needs is more Nazis
Like it needs a hole in the head, yeah
Your future is not safe at all
Till this disease is dead
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis (Extracts from a Nazi rally)
Big Science Mix
Available on the 12" and CD singles, the 'Solo Singles 1' album and 'The Lot' boxed set. Length 4:01.
This is a completely rebuilt version. It retains only the vocals, with new slow percussion and completely different instruments. It also features excerpts from news reports.
Remixed by Joshua J. Macrae, with additional analogue synthesisers by Matt Hillier. Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
They say now it never happened We are not violent with people who are not violent with us They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
We gotta kick these fucking Nazis
And they say that it didn't happen
What the Nazis did to the Jews
If they think they've a second coming
Then we got different news The poison will spread, make no mistake about it They say now it didn't happen
Check it out
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis, yeah
Gotta kick these fucking Nazis Fighting the battles of the past because we have no new answers to the questions of the future
(No to the Nazis, no to the Nazis)
(No to the Nazis, no to the Nazis)
(No to the Nazis, no), politics paint
(No to the Nazis, no to the Nazis)
(No to the Nazis, no to the Nazis, no)
Fighting began almost as soon as right wing extremists arrived, the taunting, the bricks, the bottles, the fists We gotta kick these fucking Nazis
We gotta kick these fucking Nazis
Banned Version
This version is quite widely available on bootlegs but officially unreleased. Length 2:36.
This is the original version, but it was changed for obvious reasons for commercial release. It is very similar to the album version, the main difference is that it uses the lyric 'kick these fucking Nazis' instead of 'stop these stinking Nazis'. This version was used in the original promo video, but was changed to the album version for release on 'The Lot'. Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis, yeah
And they say that it didn't happen
What the Nazis did to the Jews (yeah)
If they think they've a second coming
Then we got different news (yeah)
We gotta kick these fucking Nazis
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
They say now it didn't happen
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis, yeah
What the world needs is more Nazis
Like it needs a hole in the head, yeah
Your future is not safe at all
Till this disease is dead
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
They say now it never happened
We gotta kick those fucking Nazis, yeah