Neil  'I want a dog' came from our friend Pete. He said, 'I want a dog. A Chihuahua. I've only got a small flat'. I laughed, and wrote it down straightaway. Chris wrote all the music to it. The piano bit was going to be the main tune and then Chris pointed out that it was a bit like 'look now, planet earth'. I remember David Jacob doing a very good 'meow' for us to use.

Chris It's an unusual track, this. Quite interesting. Probably spoiled by my vocal.

Neil We wrote it in the studio in two days, as a b-side for 'Rent'. I think we were trying to do a Detroit techno thing.

Chris of course, in those days with house music every record was different. Dance music wasn't formulaic yet. I like the 'woof!' as the snare drum.

Neil On it, Chris reads out a list of dogs. In the middle there's a reference to Kraftwerk where he goes 'und dachshund'.

Chris Sardonically. It was good fun coming up with a list of dogs. Though we don't mention Lakeland terriers, which is the kind of dog Neil now has. It's one of our silly ranges, isn't it?

Neil I think it's really sad, myself. It's about

Loneliness. It's why people have dog’s -for love and security. We always planned to write a song called 'I want a baby' as a follow-up