Moroder’s Dance
Georgio Moroder is a genius, I can say that unequivocally, but he just might not have taken his genius tablets on this day, making this version.
Georgio thought he’d make a dance version of this track and that was always going to be a problem, because dance music then was at between 120 and 140 beats per second. And Sputnik songs - all of them - were at 196 bpm. I’m not sure what dustbin at EMI this got assigned to, even though it’s quite an interesting groove. We never did get nicked for the Dolf Lungren vocal sample from the Rocky 4 trailer either, the bit where he goes “And soon the whole world will know my name.” Me and Degville found ourselves queuing up for the buffet at a party once with the Dolf. I wish I’d had my tape recorder with me, I could have got him to redo the sample for me. Damn, missed opportunity.
Anyway this is a completists curio.
Love Muscle F1-11
The bassline on this version eventually turned up as the bassline to She’s my Man! You can feel how the chorus on this version is just not happening. It's a great title though. When we eventually recorded our first single, you’ll see that we never could get the song title into a chorus so we just called it Love Missile F1-11. Great titles conjure up magic before a note is even heard. So we eventually had a hit single where the title lyric does not appear in the song anywhere. The record came out just as Reagan authorised F1-11 attacks on Libya. What timing! Genius.
