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==Alternative versions== The original, improvised version (containing familiar lyrics but different music performed by the Dancing Assholes and Biafra's first band, The Healers) is included as the final track on the vinyl version of the "Rocky Mountain Low" compilation. The version recorded for ''Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables'' was played slightly faster, featuring a much more strident vocal from Biafra and a fuller, more confrontational sound altogether than the single mix. On their EP ''[[In God We Trust, Inc.]]'', they recorded an updated version of the song, titled "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now", about then-[[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]], including a lounge-jazz introduction, different lyrics, and several verses set at a much slower pace. A live version of the song was recorded with the instrumentals of the original version of the song. [[Jello Biafra]] has made satirical references to the song in his political advocacy. A speech of his appears on the [[spoken word]] album ''Mob Action Against the State'' that is entitled "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now: War, Terrorism & Beyond". After the election of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] as governor of California, Biafra commented, "California Über Alles indeed". Another updated version of this song about [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Governor Schwarzenegger]], called "Kali-Fornia Über Alles 21st Century", was performed live (among a few other Dead Kennedys classics) when Biafra toured with the band [[Melvins]] to support their [[Never Breathe What You Can't See|collaboration album]] in 2004. A live recording of this new version appears on their second collaborative effort, ''[[Sieg Howdy!]]''. Fans of [[Dulwich Hamlet F.C.]] in South London also [http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2013/10/dulwich-hamlet-fc-songbook-the-great-chants-from-champion-hill/ regularly sing a version of the song] as a tribute to their longest-serving manager - Gavin Rose. Many of the words are replaced in this version, e.g. "Dulwich Hamlet" instead of "California".
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