The Wombats My Interpretation

My interpretation of The Wombats 'Let's Dance to Joy Division' is that the song is ironic in the fact that they are seeking happiness by listening to a famous band (Joy Division) from the late 1970s whos lead singer suffered from depression and fits and famously committed suicide just before the band were about to tour America. 'Lets Dance to Joy Division' also references Joy Divisions most famous, 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' but changes the words to 'let the love tear us apart' showing the possible meaning of just taking life as it comes and trying not to get too down about what happens.

The simplest meaning that I can determine from the song is that he has learnt ('I worked something out last night') that to deal with life you have to just deal with the problems that you face and try to enjoy yourself, even when things are going so bad ('celebrate the irony, everything is going wrong but we're so happy'). The reference to Joy Division could have a deeper meaning, or could simply just be a band that The Wombats were inspired by and therefore enjoy listening to their music.