Our second single, from 2001 - this is from the press release.

This live favourite is released only on enhanced CD (we say only, though the extra value for money implications of including the video are obvious, not to mention the thrill of seeing Claudia riding a horse in her swimsuit - more on this later.)

One hard-bitten A&R Senior Executive was moved to remark that the chorus was the best he'd heard in ten (yes, ten) years. Needless to say, the A&RSE was fired soon afterwards...

The sound? Petula Clark meets the Beach Boys (well, she probably has for all we know - maybe they would have had a little sing-song 'round the old joanna, a bit of a West Coast knees-up, and ended up sounding a bit Gaminesque.) By the way, Westport Lake is in Stoke, which is where our top lyricist, Bill Pritchard, lives.

Anyway, we got a bit carried away and did a dance remix with heavenly choirs, trumpet solos and all that kind of thing. And the night before mastering, Gamine decided to record 'Checkmate' (which we redid for our 'Sabotage' album), with our 'characterful' old piano completing the broken-down jazz mood to perfection.

Did we mention the video? Well, we made it ourselves for the price of a cup of tea and a jam sponge and custard at the legendary New Piccadilly Cafe, which is sadly no more, but the 70's Italian porn look is entirely accidental. Of course. (Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV-IjhP3egY)

FIN

For more Gamine entertainment:

www.youtube.com/user/gaminefilms
or
www.vimeo.com/slaughterback

Do pay a visit to www.gamine.net for more info., and to Facebook (www.facebook.com/pages/Gamine/5998983703) or Twitter (twitter.com/gaminemusic) if you want to say hello!