That popped up in the car on shuffle t'other day - Mrs. WoT & I hadn't heard it for years.
Musically it hasn't dated one jot, but we got talking about how the lyrics would be different in 2017. The line quoted above was one of the ones we agreed was 'of the time', and would probably more likely be Russian, Chinese etc. now.
I bet Mr. Currie didn't see that coming in 1989...