According To The Hands Songfacts This Was The First Song The Ting Tings Wrote After An Exhausting Year And A Half On The Road Which Is Reflected When Katie White Sings "clap Your Hands If You're Working Too Hard." She Explained The Lyric To Spinner UK "Traveling Around The World We Saw How Hard People Worked. With Our Hectic Tour Schedule We Experienced It First Hand. People Should Have A Little More Time For Themselves."