"Also, people were mashing up world music. You could buy Grateful Dead tickets online! I knew something exciting was happening. It was the time when the internet was just coming out.
"I was inspired by a Marshall McLuhan article. It was like, 'Wow! Our first brush with fame', hearing our song blasting down the street." World Clique "I heard it booming out of a jeep that passed by my tiny studio apartment, rattling the windows. It blew up in the clubs and was an instant dance hit. This was the A-side and Groove Is In The Heart was actually the B-side of the white label. "It took a while but people really got into it. It didn't sound right speeded up, so we left it. Personally, I was really nervous about this song because it was so slow. "This was really different to the other dance tracks out at the time because it was only 110bpm. Also his involvement gave us credibility." What Is Love? Through my front teeth! I don't know how I do it, it's like a ventriloquist. These guys were used to big solos and stuff. Also, because the house tracks were more minimal than wig out funk, he'd have to tell them to just do little bits. He'd tell these guys what to do, which isn't easy as they're your heroes. Also his involvement gave us credibility. We ended up with a full, nine-piece live show with these guys, as well." Smile On When he came, he was like, 'You need any horn players? I know a coupla guys.' Only these two legends! He introduced us to guys like Bernie Worrell, who ended up working with us later, too. That was the great thing about working with Bootsy. So, Fred and Maceo are on the horns here. "He introduced us to a lot of the P-Funk players who'd left that scene and were hungry to work with other artists. He just turned up and made everything… better, you know? He knew the songs from a demo tape I sent him, and he'd throw in bits and pieces over the top. I'm pretty sure he played guitar on this as well. I think originally we'd used a JBs sample, and he came in and replayed some really sweet overdubs. But if you find it, you'll see how the song evolved, I guess."
"Someone uploaded the original version to YouTube and I was listening to it about a year ago and was like, 'Yes! I knew it. It became less of a piano house type of track, which is what it started out as. But then when it came time to do the album, we changed it a lot, I don't know why. There's a demo version of this that's out there that actually got us the record deal. That's what I've learned over the years - don't mess with the demos too much.
"That very first version was really good. Then we finished it off together, sat at the piano. "This started as just an acapellas melody I came up with, then Dmitry built on that hook. Dmitry wrote that bassline, and the piano parts and chord changes on the night, and then he programmed the drums later on as well." Power Of Love The intro sample came later, as did the horn stab hit. "Most of the parts we came up with made it to the final version, like the bassline. That was the night we formed the band, based on the vibe of this song. We wrote this and a coupla other songs that night. "This was one of the first songs we wrote after I took an acid trip for the first time.
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