John Luongo: "I flew to
Vancouver to meet with both Bryan and his wonderful co-writer Jim Vallance.
I took a taxi to Little Mountain Studio on a foggy evening and went in
to hear the track and do the overdubs to be mixed. I clapped on the track
along with Jim and Bryan. I added a sax solo from a local saxophonist
and then had Jim play a part on the Vibes that I came up with.
The overdubs went great and we had a ball. I took the tape back with
me to NY to mix at Media Sound with my engineer, Michael Barbiero, upon
listening down felt that the tempo had to be picked up to make the song
the true hit it could be. I had to speed the track up to the most I could
to make it groove harder and be at the tempo that would rock the clubs
and back then there was not time compression or pitch compensation programs.
The final product kicked ass but Bryans voice was altered slightly due
to the speed shift. Bryan was not really happy about that and felt that
it did not suit his vocals to his taste. Sometimes you must do what is
right to achieve what you need to and you must have the guts to make
a call that is unpopular.
The song came out, went to Number One and then sold like crazy to the
public which was the reason that Bryan was not dropped by Jerry LeCoursie
of A&M Canada.
I believe that sometimes people do not want to look back at where they
came from which is why the song seems to have not been used in any of
Bryan’s “Hits Packages”.
In all honesty, it is the most different in style and feel and production
on any of his songs which are all more rock/pop oriented."
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