Since we brought you the batch of mixtapes themed “Love, Lust and Everything in Between,” Communism rose again, taking over Intermission in its path of mass music conformity. Here are a few tapes you should make before the Red Scare standardizes your playlist.

10 songs to listen to you when you’re trying to convince everyone you’re not a communist . . . even if you really are:

Bruce Springsteen — Born in the USA

Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel

Unknown — Home on the Range

The Eagles — Hotel California

Phantom Planet — California (you know, the theme from that show you swear you don’t watch)

Francis Scott Key — The Star-Spangled Banner

Leo Greenwood — God Bless the USA

Lynrd Skynrd — Sweet Home Alabama

Little Richard — Johnny B. Goode

The Animals — House of the Rising Sun

Songs for you to rock out to when you renounce communism because you find its authoritarian undertones “restricting to your funkiness”:

Parliament — Give up the Funk

Curtis Mayfield — Pusherman

Average White Band — Pick up the Pieces

James Brown — Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby

The Commodores — Brick House

Wild Cherry — Play That Funky Music

Curtis Mayfield — Superfly

Parliament — Flashlight

James Brown — I Feel Good

Average White Band — Got the Love

And, of course, the theme from Shaft

Ten songs to listen to while reminiscing about the fall of the Soviet Union... in 1991, remember?

Nirvana — Smells Like Teen Spirit

Pearl Jam — Jeremy

Alice in Chains — Man in the box

Red Hot Chili Peppers — Under the Bridge

Fugazi — Waiting Room

Aerosmith — On the Road Again

Guns ‘n’ Roses — Knocking on Heaven’s Door

Metallica — Enter Sandman

Michael Jackson — Black or White

R.E.M. — Losing My Religion

And finally, songs for the die-hard Soviet enthusiast:

The Beatles — Back in the USSR

Rage Against the Machine — Guerilla Radio

The Ramones — Blitzkrieg Bop

The Beatles — Revolution

Rage Against the Machine — Testify

The Sex Pistols — Anarchy in the U.K. (sure, anarchy might be the polar opposite of communism... but let’s not be picky)

Rage Against the Machine — Sleep Now in the Fire

And let’s not forget that timeless classic, the Hymn of the Soviet Union:

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free

Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong

O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people

To Communism’s triumph lead us on!