Editing Two Tribes (section)

==Music==
A version of "Two Tribes" was originally recorded for a [[BBC Radio 1|BBC]] [[John Peel]] session in October 1982. The session version makes clear that the basic structure of the song, including its signature bass-line, percussion arrangement and idiosyncratic introductory and middle eight sections, were already intact prior to any involvement from ZTT or eventual producer [[Trevor Horn]].

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Johnson also noted: "There's {{sic}} two elements in the music – an American funk line and a Russian line. It's the most obvious demonstration of two tribes that we have today."<ref name="Smash Hits, 26 April 1984">{{cite news|url=http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=55|publisher=Smash Hits
|title=The War Game|date=26 April 1984}}</ref> To accentuate the musical tension, Horn arranged the 'Russian' segments as a dramatic string arrangement. The driving funk/rock rhythm section was played on synthesisers.