Interviews Bilingual The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
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Neil  This started off as one of Chris's demos. It's a real throwaway thing. We started it when we went to New York to do 'Before' with Danny Tenaglia but we didn't finish it. It wasn't meant to be on the album -we always get very excited when we're working with someone and end up doing a third track.

Chris Danny absolutely loved this.

Neil  It's sort of a Miami Latino thing. When we went back to New York to do promotion I went back into the studio and finished the vocals and then Danny Tenably finished the track.

Neil  What I like is that rap in the middle-'Yo, Lewis...'

Chris Danny brought someone in. It's a Banji rap: 'all your posse gonna know tomorrow...'

Neil  This version is the unedited International Club Mix which has only appeared on the Bilingual Special Edition; we edited it slightly when it appeared with 'A red letter day'. It's about a friend who would always take his shirt off on the dance floor.

Chris He had a problem keeping his clothes on.

Neil  He always wanted to sunbathe in the nude.

Chris There's probably a medical dictionary definition for that.

Neil  It's a sad song. In the song, the person has something sad in his past. Actually it's a classic Pet Shop Boys' why-do-people-go-clubbing? song. And the explanation in the song is: 'To rise above the pain/ to prove them all wrong again! to shake away at last! the secret in his past'. I'm saying that his exhibitionism is caused by a secret in his past, that people who've had bad experiences in their past often feel in later life that their only value to someone is sexual, so there's a huge insecurity, and that makes them exhibitionist. It's actually a really sad song.


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