and American President
George W. Bush, who are both spoofed in the song's music video The music video featured animation provided by the satirical British cartoon series
2DTV. It originally premiered as a 'world exclusive' on
MTV and
VH1 simultaneously on July 2, 2002, and was the number-one music video on rotation between July and August 2002. VH1 broadcast the video several days before the song first saw radio play. The video depicts a frustrated general attempting to explain the geopolitical situation surrounding the
war on terror to President Bush using Michael's music. Tony Blair is satirised as a literal
lapdog of the Bush administration, playing "fetch" and being petted by Bush. The video also depicts Michael as a parody of
Homer Simpson, who is bullied by a next door neighbour (an allegory for the U.S.'s alleged envy of Iraq's
rich oil reserves, which is thought by critics to have been a primary motivation for the war on terror), and Michael attempting to seduce
Cherie Blair into having her husband stop going along with Bush. A caricature of
Geri Halliwell makes a cameo appearance in which she tries to join the video as one of Michael's backup singers, the
Spice Girls having entered a hiatus in 2000. ==Track listings==