Chris I don't like 'So hard'. It's a blot on this album.

Neil  I like the lyrics. The song is true story, about two friends who lived together. One of them came home and found that his boyfriend was in bed alone, and there was an ashtray beside the bed, and he didn't smoke.

Chris Make of that what you will.

Neil And he finds out his boyfriend has loads of letters from contact magazines.

Chris It's a Donna Summer Giorgio Morodor kind of thing. Actually, it's got some good bits, and the David Morales Red Zone remix is one of our best twelve-inches.

Neil  This has got very analogue-y synchs. And at the beginning there's a sample saying 'kiss'. It's quite a different vocal style for me- like whispering in your ear again.

Chris Is 'So hard' a Carry On-style double entendre?

Neil  As with most of my innuendo, it wasn't intended, but obviously I very quickly realised it would be perceived as that. I quite like the fact that it's there. The 'so hard' element is actually that it's so hard for them to give up their affairs. People get caught, I think, very much between their desire to have a permanent relationship and their desire to play around or whatever. It was released as a single before the album came out. I remember we really liked the very electronic sequencer quality and we wanted to bring that out in our twelve-inch version [CD2, track 2]. That old-fashioned Patrick Crowley or Bobby 'O'-ish sequencer thing that we never get sick of.