[1][2] The third verse clearly identifies its subject as being morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse, who is described as a "house proud town mouse" who has to "keep it all on the inside.

"[3] In 1992, on the Westwood One radio special Pink Floyd: The 25th Anniversary Special, Waters told Jim Ladd that the "Whitehouse" mentioned had nothing to do with the home of the US president, the White House, after Ladd told Waters he interpreted the last verse as referring to Gerald Ford, who was US president at the time the song was recorded (although the verse also includes Whitehouse's first name).

Halfway through the song, David Gilmour uses a Heil talk box on the guitar solo to mimic the sound of pigs.

The song was released as a promotional single in Brazil, albeit in an edited form of only four minutes and five seconds in length.

Waters responded by saying, "I find it slightly surprising that anybody could have been listening to my songs for 50 years without understanding"; he added that those critics who didn't like what he was doing should "go see Katy Perry or watch the Kardashians.

Waters also said that, due to his anti-Trump images, he lost sponsors such as American Express who refused to have their company associated with his shows.