The band co-wrote it with musician Aaron Raitiere, a friend of Cobb's from Nashville; Tempest wrote the lyric about what happened to the people who left the ground in 1986 and headed for Venus.

Joey originally wanted to do some research, so he met a college professor to learn from him about how democracy as we see it today came to be, where and how and when it happened at different points of time.

However, Tempest's research was limited and just a few songs touched upon political themes, namely "The Siege", "Kingdom United", "Wolves" and "Election Day".

Chris Difford, from the band Squeeze, helped Tempest co-write the lyrics on "Election Day" and "Kingdom United".

On the album, the song ends abruptly in the very middle on the main riff [in a style vaguely reminiscent of the ending to The Beatles' 1969 song "I Want You (She's So Heavy)]", and it is followed by a very short instrumental track with no title, also by Michaeli, which sounds like it was recorded in the 1930s.

During the rehearsal, the working title of the song was changed to "ProgLizzy" and it became the starting point for the entire album, as it came from a more "progressive" attitude and, lyrically, it fit in with the democracy theme.

While the band was in the studio recording the song, Cobb suggested adding an instrumental section played on a Mellotron keyboard after each verse.

After the arrangements were done in the studio, Tempest contacted Difford and explained him that he wanted to write lyrics with him about the historical time in the United Kingdom when Magna Carta was created, written and signed and when democracy started in United Kingdom.

After they came to Abbey Road Studio, Cobb helped take the song to a different level with his ideas for arrangement, effects and production.

Later, in the main studio, Cobb added an instrumental section after every verse, which made the song flow in a different way.

[4][5] The album cover features original artwork by Los Angeles artist Mike Sportes, from the Filth Mart design group.

Joey Tempest later explained the album cover: "For us, it just worked so well, this character walking into some sort of light or another place.