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From '' Cover Versions ''
Label: Not On Label (The Insect Guide Self-Released) – none
Format: 6 x File, FLAC, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: Jun 13, 2022
Tracklist
1. (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight
Written-By – Cutting Crew
2. Paparazzi
Written-By – Lady Gaga
3. Don't You (Forget About Me)
Written-By – Simple Minds
4. Freakscene (Bones)
Written-By – Dinosaur Jr.
5. Nightime
Written-By – Big Star
6. Fuck You
Members
Stan Howells
Su Sutton
Notes
Track 1 was added to this compilation, which previously was available as Free Tracks omitting this track.
Tracks 2 to 4 previously released on the Fell Through The Skies EP EP.
Track 3 previously also released on the Bats single.
Track 4 previously also available on the Freak Scene tour single.
In early 2008, Insect Guide began giving away a free CDR at gigs containing a cover version of Dinosaur Jr.'s Freakscene. Featured on the Steve Lamacq show on the BBC's 6 Music and reviewed in the NME who described it as ‘an amazing cover of Dinosaur Jr.'s finest moment'.
2009 saw Insect Guide working on material for their second album as well as several cover versions. Their only release during this period was the Fell Through the Skies EP, a free CDR given away at gigs and containing covers of Lady GaGa's Paparazzi, Simple Minds' (Don't You) Forget About Me and Big Star's Nightime as well as their earlier recording of Dinosaur Jr.'s Freakscene. Paparazzi was subsequently made available as a free download. The track went on to receive airplay on the 6 Music Steve Lamacq show. It was described on the show's Twitter page as 'that Gaga cover that EVERYONE has been asking about'.
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is a song by the English pop rock band Cutting Crew, released as their debut single in July 1986 from their first studio album, Broadcast.
The song was written by frontman Nick Van Eede, produced by Terry Brown, John Jansen and the band, and mixed at Utopia Studios in London by Tim Palmer.
The power ballad is the band's biggest hit, peaking at No. 1 in Canada, Finland, Norway, and the United States. It additionally reached the top five in Ireland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany.
Composition and recording
According to Nick Van Eede, he wrote down a lot of song titles and ideas on a sheet of wallpaper, and one of the lines written there was "I just died in your arms tonight". The line came to Van Eede while he was having sex with his girlfriend; Van Eede said: "I actually remember saying that", and wrote it down. He woke up in the morning, wrote the song, and recorded a demo in three days. He first added some chords to the line, singing it phonetically, before adding other lines from the wallpaper to construct a song. He wrote for three or four hours before realising what he was singing about. He said: "I'd split up with my girlfriend, we'd got back together for one night and there's a lot of guilt because I should have kept my distance."
He first recorded a demo in the house of his schoolfriend Pete Birch, with Birch singing harmony in the song. The band recorded the song after they were signed to Siren, part of Virgin Records, in the Mediasound Studios in New York. Van Eede was dissatisfied with the result, and tried to re-record the song in London. They could not get the harmony right in the pre-production, so producer John Jansen asked about the person who sang the harmony in the demo, and Birch was brought in, and he "sang a perfect take in four minutes". Jansen, however, had to leave before the recording was finished, and Van Eede contacted Terry Brown, the producer in Canada for Van Eede's previous band, the Drivers. Brown flew to London, and recut the whole song, with the exceptions of some keyboards and vocals.
The song was released in 1986. The label questioned the use of brackets for "I Just" in the title, but relented when it was pointed out such similar use in "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones.
In 2024, Jax Jones, Joel Corry and Jason Derulo collaborated to create a remix version of the song called "Tonight (D.I.Y.A.)".
Music video
There were two music videos produced. The North American version featured artistic fragmented shots using a model, with the band performing to camera. The UK version was filmed in a studio, both in color as well as black and white, while only the latter had been made available in Apple Music stores, from countries like Canada and Brazil.
🔗 [LINKS]
insectguide.bandcamp.com
youtube.com/channel/UC4txf7FgcE6dJH5jCf6BJ6g
facebook.com/insectguide
instagram.com/insectguide
discogs.com/artist/1114906-The-Insect-Guide
Original video here:
youtube.com/watch?v=8sGwDGPIUis
Available on bandcamp:
insectguide.bandcamp.com/album/cover-versions
#insectguide
#ijustdiedinyourarmstonight
#indierock
#electro
#cuttingcrew
From '' Cover Versions ''
Label: Not On Label (The Insect Guide Self-Released) – none
Format: 6 x File, FLAC, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: Jun 13, 2022
Tracklist
1. (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight
Written-By – Cutting Crew
2. Paparazzi
Written-By – Lady Gaga
3. Don't You (Forget About Me)
Written-By – Simple Minds
4. Freakscene (Bones)
Written-By – Dinosaur Jr.
5. Nightime
Written-By – Big Star
6. Fuck You
Members
Stan Howells
Su Sutton
Notes
Track 1 was added to this compilation, which previously was available as Free Tracks omitting this track.
Tracks 2 to 4 previously released on the Fell Through The Skies EP EP.
Track 3 previously also released on the Bats single.
Track 4 previously also available on the Freak Scene tour single.
In early 2008, Insect Guide began giving away a free CDR at gigs containing a cover version of Dinosaur Jr.'s Freakscene. Featured on the Steve Lamacq show on the BBC's 6 Music and reviewed in the NME who described it as ‘an amazing cover of Dinosaur Jr.'s finest moment'.
2009 saw Insect Guide working on material for their second album as well as several cover versions. Their only release during this period was the Fell Through the Skies EP, a free CDR given away at gigs and containing covers of Lady GaGa's Paparazzi, Simple Minds' (Don't You) Forget About Me and Big Star's Nightime as well as their earlier recording of Dinosaur Jr.'s Freakscene. Paparazzi was subsequently made available as a free download. The track went on to receive airplay on the 6 Music Steve Lamacq show. It was described on the show's Twitter page as 'that Gaga cover that EVERYONE has been asking about'.
🎵 [SONG INFO]
"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is a song by the English pop rock band Cutting Crew, released as their debut single in July 1986 from their first studio album, Broadcast.
The song was written by frontman Nick Van Eede, produced by Terry Brown, John Jansen and the band, and mixed at Utopia Studios in London by Tim Palmer.
The power ballad is the band's biggest hit, peaking at No. 1 in Canada, Finland, Norway, and the United States. It additionally reached the top five in Ireland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany.
Composition and recording
According to Nick Van Eede, he wrote down a lot of song titles and ideas on a sheet of wallpaper, and one of the lines written there was "I just died in your arms tonight". The line came to Van Eede while he was having sex with his girlfriend; Van Eede said: "I actually remember saying that", and wrote it down. He woke up in the morning, wrote the song, and recorded a demo in three days. He first added some chords to the line, singing it phonetically, before adding other lines from the wallpaper to construct a song. He wrote for three or four hours before realising what he was singing about. He said: "I'd split up with my girlfriend, we'd got back together for one night and there's a lot of guilt because I should have kept my distance."
He first recorded a demo in the house of his schoolfriend Pete Birch, with Birch singing harmony in the song. The band recorded the song after they were signed to Siren, part of Virgin Records, in the Mediasound Studios in New York. Van Eede was dissatisfied with the result, and tried to re-record the song in London. They could not get the harmony right in the pre-production, so producer John Jansen asked about the person who sang the harmony in the demo, and Birch was brought in, and he "sang a perfect take in four minutes". Jansen, however, had to leave before the recording was finished, and Van Eede contacted Terry Brown, the producer in Canada for Van Eede's previous band, the Drivers. Brown flew to London, and recut the whole song, with the exceptions of some keyboards and vocals.
The song was released in 1986. The label questioned the use of brackets for "I Just" in the title, but relented when it was pointed out such similar use in "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones.
In 2024, Jax Jones, Joel Corry and Jason Derulo collaborated to create a remix version of the song called "Tonight (D.I.Y.A.)".
Music video
There were two music videos produced. The North American version featured artistic fragmented shots using a model, with the band performing to camera. The UK version was filmed in a studio, both in color as well as black and white, while only the latter had been made available in Apple Music stores, from countries like Canada and Brazil.
🔗 [LINKS]
insectguide.bandcamp.com
youtube.com/channel/UC4txf7FgcE6dJH5jCf6BJ6g
facebook.com/insectguide
instagram.com/insectguide
discogs.com/artist/1114906-The-Insect-Guide
Original video here:
youtube.com/watch?v=8sGwDGPIUis
Available on bandcamp:
insectguide.bandcamp.com/album/cover-versions
#insectguide
#ijustdiedinyourarmstonight
#indierock
#electro
#cuttingcrew
