This one finds Soft Cell at their best. The production is fairly epic in scale, an 8 minute power track with a thumping, sticky bassline and sordid trumpets.
Marc Almond’s lyrics are also in classic form – an ode to teenage embarrassment and questionable choices. You wonder, as with many songs, the extent to which the lyrics are autobiographical…
This particular case lays out a drunken, unhealthy mess, careering haplessly around in a comi-tragic series of misjudged escapades. Perhaps I can dedicate this post to all the students currently doing Fresher’s Week during a pandemic…
The song was released in 1982 – twice – as the B-side to “Where The Heart Is” and as a single backed with the infamous “Sex Dwarf”.
My favorite Soft Cell song.
I spend 4 years trying to find this single available somewhere in So Cal in the early 80’s. I missed my chance to buy it when it came out and they all got gobbled up. I eventually found one in some small record shop on Melrose. One of my favorite singles from the 80’s and trust me, I have a lot of vinyl singles from the 80’s.