The music video, directed by Tom Kuntz and Mike Maguire, was recorded in April 2003 at a movie studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A radio version in Japan exists in which the same lyrics are replaced with 'let's do an edit, do a radio edit'. 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'.) Censorship ContentsĪccording 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. While both the song and music video received significant airplay, lyrics mentioning war were edited due to their possibly offensive nature since the song made its air debut at the start of the Iraq War. Written by band member Tyler Spencer, under the pseudonym Dick Valentine, it was released on June 2, 2003, as the second single from their debut studio album, Fire (2003). ' Gay Bar' is a song by American rock band Electric Six.
