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This songs is based on two things: The first and foremost is the shipping forecast, read by Brian Perkins of BBC Radio, for the sea lanes around Britain and goes as follows:
There are warnings of gales in Viking, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Fisher, Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth, Finisterre, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes and Southeast Iceland. The general synopsis at one-eight-double-o: low just north of Viking, nine double seven, moving steadily east-northeast. Low 300 miles south of Iceland. Atlantic low forming, moving steadily northeast. A ridge of high pressure has swayed between North and South Utsire. The area forecast for the next twenty-four hours. Viking, Forties, Cromarty, Forth.
The second thing is the A-side, Everybody wants to rule the world. There are audible clues from that song weaved in here: The drumpattern is somewhat similiar and the guitar solo is a derivative of the one heard in Everybody, to name a few.
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