The song is a
space disco track, released amid the popularity of the original
Star Wars film. The lyrics include the lines "And evil
Darth Vader, he's been banished to Mars" and "Or are you like a
droid, devoid of emotion". Other science fiction references include: "I lost my heart to a
starship trooper", "
Flash Gordon's left me, he's gone to the stars", "What my body needs is
close encounter three", "Static on the comm – it's
Starfleet Command" and "Fighting for the
Federation". The song uses musical themes from
Star Wars,
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (from
2001: A Space Odyssey), and the "spaceship communication" melody from
Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The song was performed on
The Kenny Everett Video Show by its regular dance troupe Hot Gossip. Its lead, Sarah Brightman, was dressed in a silver catsuit and black
thigh-high boots. In 1997, Brightman rerecorded the song, with producer
Frank Peterson, and released it as a single to coincide with the film
Starship Troopers. Although the single carried artwork from the film, the song itself was not in the film. ==Charts==