It is a 6-minute and 40-second spoken word song which tells a story of what a town would be like had they never discovered punk.
The track was co-written by producer Peter Miles who recorded the backing track after Itch emailed him an mp3 of the rough draft of the original poem and Itch's final vocal was laid down a few weeks later during the final mixing sessions of the album.
Despite its length and its lyrics which contain several expletives, the track has been played on BBC Radio 1 by Rob da Bank,[1] Mike Davies,[2][3] and as part of the "Versus" section of Zane Lowe's show.
[4] "What If Punk Never Happened" has been remixed by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip.
The King Blues have also made the original a cappella available for free download to enable anyone to remix it.