Shiny Happy People

Featuring guest vocals from The B-52's Kate Pierson, this aggressively cheerful jangle-pop track was intended as an ironic, subversive commentary on Chinese government propaganda posters. However, the song's incredibly buoyant melody and upbeat arrangement caused the satirical context to be entirely overlooked by the mainstream public. Despite its massive commercial success, the band infamously distanced themselves from the track in subsequent years.