Neil  When Blur were recording their third album, Tris Penna at EMI said that they had this really good song. He said, 'Why don't you two produce it because it's meant to be a disco song?' and played it to us. We thought it was quite good, but we don't produce groups, it's a well-known fact. But I was interested in Blur because I thought that Damon looked like a pop star. They weren't very successful at the time. Later; we were in Paris doing 'Go West' on French TV and we'd been given 'Girls and boys', which was now finished, with the suggestion that maybe we might want to remix it. We sat in the back of this limo and listened to it, and decided we'd do it. We were being rather arrogant.

Chris I knew we could do something with it. The chord change was good. And the lyrics were good too.

Neil  So we phoned up EMI and said we'd do it but, in our typical way, said that our version had to be the seven-inch. We were told that it was too late but that our version would be the a-side in Europe. We did it at Westside studios and Damon came down and listened.

Chris We'd made it much more electronic. We replaced Alex's bassline with an electronic bass part and added some sequencer lines. Alex has never forgiven us.

Neil  Then, when we toured South America in 1994, we decided to perform it ourselves.

Chris It was very enjoyable to play live.

Neil  We made it faster than our remix, and took out the guitar. This version - which was on the b-side of 'Paninaro '95' -was recorded live in Rio. Damon said to me, 'It sounds like you wrote it'.

Chris I like the way Neil sings in the style of Damon. Neil  It's very difficult not to sing this song in a cockney accent.