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Album: Off With Their Heads (2008)
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  • Kaiser Chief bassist Simon Rix explained to Drowned In Sound: "This was a deliberate attempt to get more dance floor. It was the second song we wrote for the album, written in the same few days as ' Never Miss a Beat.' It has two parts that are separate but they were always part of the song. The first part is like a more traditional song, Verse - Chorus - Middle 8 affair, although still different with lots of great keyboard sounds, The Who drum fills and some cool backing vocals in the chorus which are one of the main hooks. The second part is more electronic and builds up and builds up like the euphoric crescendos you get in dance records."
  • Rix told Drowned in Sound that the song is, "loosely about going out and doing something rather than just sitting in and watching TV."

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