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"I really laughed the first time it came on." - Record Mirror, 7.3.1984, Ray Hoy.

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"It tends to induce movement in bodies that normally wouldn't be seen
dead on a dancefloor." - Smash Hits, 15.3.1984, Peter Martin.

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"Einstuerzende Neubauten" mastermind Blixa Bargeld about the roots of "People Are People". Interview-excerpt taken from the German TV documentary film Pop 2000:

Original interview in German: ,,Wir hatten mit Gareth Jones ein
  Stück für Fad Gadget aufgenommen und aus diesen Sounds, die
  wir dafuer gemacht haben, wurde "People Are People" zu =
  sammengebastelt. Das ist direkt von unserem Multitrack ge =
  sampelt. Es ist allerdings zu einer Zeit entstanden, in der es den
  Begriff Sampling noch gar nicht gab und auch noch nicht diese
  copyrightmässige Kontrolle von Verwendung von Samples."
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Translation by Strangefan: "We have recorded a song with
  Gareth Jones for Fad Gadget and these sounds, which we made
  for this song, were used the produce 'People Are People'. It's
  samples were directly used. That happened in a time where the
  use of samples was totally unknown and there was no restriction
  in regard of using samples by copyright laws."

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The German hip-hop/rap-band "Fuenf Sterne Deluxe" mentioned "People Are People" in their single "Die Leude", released from "Neo.Now" (Zomba, 2000).
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