Shove It es la primera canción del disco homónimo, de The Cross. También es el segundo sencillo británico correspondiente al álbum, con Rough Justice como B-side (se lanzó el 3 de enero de 1988).
Versiones oficiales de la canción
1) Versión de estudio (3:28): Primera canción del disco Shove It. Hay muestras de canciones de Queen, incluyendo Fat Bottomed Girls, Flash y Bohemian Rhapsody.
2) 'US Single Version' (3:28): Versión del sencillo estadounidense de Shove It. Disponible en la colección The Lot.
3) 'Extended Mix' (5:51): Disponible en la colección The Lot.
4) 'Metropolix Remix' (3:30): Disponible en la colección The Lot.
5) 'Denniz Pop Remix' (5:04): Disponible en la colección The Lot.
Video oficial
Fecha de grabación: Noviembre de 1987
Lugar de grabación: Crazy Larry's Club, Chelsea, Londres, RU
Director: Ralph Ziman
Letra de la canción
What do you do?
I said what do you do?
You ain't wearing a tie, you ain't got a jacket
You can't come in 'cos you're in the wrong bracket, yeah
You can shove it
VIP's and royalty get treated like they're special see
But the trick is there for all to see
They're people just like you and me
You can shove it
Girls - we love it
Cars - we love it
More girls - we love it
And late night bars - we love it
Pool - we love it
School - fantasy
What do you do?
You can shove it
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
You gotta talk, act and dress right
If you ain't got money they treat you funny
When they say the class system's dead
If you think that's true better get a new head
You can shove it (you can shove it, you can shove it)
Girls - we love it
Cars - we love it
More girls - we love it
And late night bars - we love it
Pool - we love it
School - shove it
What do you do?
Shove it
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
You can shove it
So why do people scrape and fuss
When every man's the same as us
It's a joke on all humanity
It's privilege
And we don't need it
War (ooh) - shove it
Hate - shove it
Politicians - don't cut it
Blind dates - gonna shove it
Girl schools - we love 'em, yeah
Crazy rules - shove it
What do you do?
You can shove it
You can shove it
Fantasy
Shove it
Shove it
You can shove it
Shove it
Shove it
