Now try to unhear that while you read the rest of this article.

If you remember any more of that song, you know way too much about ’80s rock and roll.

Since then, Boy George had one more No. 1 hit, “Everything I Own”; overcame a heroin addiction; reinvented himself as a top international DJ; ran his own dance music label; wrote a hit musical about London club culture; appeared on both “The Voice UK” and “I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here”; wrote multiple bestselling autobiographies; and went to prison for false imprisonment of a man he accused of hacking his computer.

So you can’t say he hasn’t been busy.

It grieved him that the entertainment industry, the gay community, and practically everyone he encountered had zero sympathy for the murdered Israelis of Oct. 7 or the hundreds of hostages kept in tunnels and basements and nearly starved to death for a year or more.

Many of the victims were attending a music festival in southern Israel called Nova. The slogan of the survivors of the attack became “We Will Dance Again.” Boy George used that promise as the title of a song he wrote, recorded, and posted on his own social media accounts, since no music label would take it on.

Boy George’s life and career can hardly be described as free of controversy or notoriety, but nothing he’s ever done compares with the outrage this song provoked. Critics said that Boy George was whitewashing Israel’s actions against Palestinian civilians by refusing to label the Jewish state’s actions genocide. They claimed that he was justifying all actions taken by the Israeli military. They even said that the reggae beat the song relies on is too casual.

Everybody’s a critic.

It’s not hard to understand the message of the song, since the first line of the lyrics reads “You say genocide, I say war.” Along the way, he criticizes performers who have offered aid and comfort to the Palestinians without consideration of the murder of men, women, and even babies, and the rape of women and girls. The last line is pretty straightforward, too: “We will dance again … If you’re ever confused, I stand with the Jews.”

In the woke world of pop music, Boy George stands alone.

Artist after artist, from the comfort of their gated communities and X feeds, condemned Israel’s right to defend itself and parroted the line that Israel’s actions amounted to genocide. The gay community is practically unanimous in its support for the Palestinians. This is ironic, because the typical fate of a gay person in Gaza is to be tossed from a skyscraper. Let’s just say that in Gaza, gays are only slightly less desirable than Jews.

Boy George was cast in the role of Herod, the self-styled Roman King of the Jews, in the massively successful new London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Jesus Christ Superstar.” He surrendered the role because he didn’t want his presence to overshadow the production.

Which is how you end up with a gay Gentile dropping out of a musical celebrating Jesus because of his support of Jews.

Boy George says the goal of the song was to express solidarity with Israel and with Jews worldwide and to leave no question as to how he feels. Well, he got that done. The backlash has been swift and fierce, which is what happens when anyone expresses a contrary opinion, criticizing any part of the progressive canon.

Boy George didn’t have to do this. He could have kept his pro-Israel sentiments to himself, appeared in “Jesus Christ Superstar” as planned, and continued to bask in his reputation as an edgy, beloved shape-shifting, multidisciplinary creative. But no. He had to step up and tell everyone how he felt, which will no doubt damage his reputation and his career, most likely forever.

This week, he parted ways with Tony Pontius, the executive who ran his record label, calling him “gutless” after Pontius said he wanted nothing to do with the song.

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The world today is full of moral cowards who believe what everyone else believes without seeking out the facts, who fall for every piece of propaganda social media feeds them. Who would have thought that Israel’s most courageous defender would be a former heroin addict who could be described as a bit of a karma chameleon himself? He may not be playing Herod, but he gets my vote for King of the Jews.

The final word goes to Boy George: “My faith in humanity will not diminish and the truth will always win.”

Michael Levin is a two-time New York Times bestselling author.