Group Four

Album: Mezzanine (1998)
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Songfacts®:

  • The song features the voice of Elizabeth Fraser of Scottish dreampop group The Cocteau Twins. Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja and co-producer Neil Davidge spliced two separate Fraser vocal performances into this eight-minute paranoia-fest.
  • Del Naja explained the song's meaning to Q magazine: "It's about a security guard who decides that in order to have complete control of his life he f--ks off his friends and family and just lives around his shifts. Totally regimented, no compromises."
  • Group 4 Securicor (now called G4S PLC) is the world's largest security company, and with over 630,000 employees, the world's second-largest private sector employer (after Walmart Stores).

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  • Alan S from ChristchurchMy favourite mezzanine track
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