The song was one of the more controversial entries in Contest history, and is generally considered to be the contest's first true joke song. Lyrically, its verses – sung mostly in German – were an unveiled criticism of the capitalist elements of the music industry (the tone is set from the introductory couplet, sung a cappella in English: “Music is love for you and me. Music is money for the record company”); while its chorus, comprising a string of nonsense English lyrics, were considered a parody of the Contest itself – especially its more flippantly named prior winners "La, la, la" ( in 1968), "Boom Bang-a-Bang" (1969), and "Ding-a-Dong" (1975).