Interviews Bilingual It always comes as a surprise
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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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