| Neil
This was originally a Phil Collins-style ballad, and Chris Porter very sensibly
said, 'Aren't you trying to do this album in a sort of Latin style- why
don't you do it in a Latin style?' and we thought: 'Why don't we do that?'
It starts off with a sample from A strud Gilberto's 'Corcovado', then a
berlmbau comes in. I've always loved the sound of this Brazilian instrument.
Chris
We put Astrud Gilberto backwards, which we thought would hide that it's
her; but the fact is that she sounds the same backwards as she does forwards.
Neil
We paid to use it. It comes back later in the song. When the rhythm kicks
in, it always reminds me of 'La Vie En Rose' by Grace Jones. The guitar
on this song was played on a keyboard, as well as two guitarists having
a go at it. What you hear on the record isa mix of all three. After the
middle bit, which goes down chromatically, you get a cool sax solo. It's
so like Stan Getz. 'Cocktail jazz', as a Rolling Stone critic would call
it. There's loads of bottom end.
Chris
I don't know why we don't have lots of bottom end all the time.
Neil
It's a very straightforward love song, saying what it says: you fancy
someone so much you're surprised you've ended up with them. You can't
believe they wouldn't rather be with someone else. It was inspired by
the relationship I was in at the time. I wanted this to be the first single
off the album but Chris wouldn't have it. We could never work out a good
edit of it, anyway.
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