Contents The song originally appeared on Allen's Myspace page in 2008 alongside the songs "I Could Say" and "I Don't Know" (later released as " The Fear ") under the title "Guess Who Batman". The song samples the piano of the theme to the Australian television show Neighbours. The song was written by Allen and Greg Kurstin . Allen wrote: “ We are the youth, we can make coolness for our future, it's up to us. Go green and hate hate. [ 7 ] ” Despite its titular reference to the Caped Crusader , according to NME and Rolling Stone magazines the song is a George W. Bush protest. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] At an 2 April 2009 concert at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, Allen stated that the song was about Bush. [ 8 ] At a concert in São Paulo, Brazil, Allen stated "It was originally written about this fucking arsehole who used to be the President of the United States of America. His name is George W. Bush." [ 10 ] The Urban Review states that it was originally inspired by the right-wing British National Party , adding Allen now "feels the track is relevant everywhere now so has removed a particular target." [ 11 ] At the 2009 Glastonbury Festival prior to performing the song, Allen made reference to the elections to the European parliament that had commenced three weeks earlier in which the British National Party gained their first ever representative seats,