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Who wrote sonic superstar go gos song10/3/2023 The loop we chose never quite circled perfectly, it always sounded a bit lumpy to my ears, like it had two left feet. It’s incredible to imagine that loop technology is available instantly with a plug-in now, but at the time this was cutting edge, state-of-the-art production, that involved stretching and correcting the audio file. The first day of Torn, Scott and I were messing about with drum loops. It was one of three we wrote for the week’s session, also buffing up two songs that Anne and Scott already had in hand. “The song composition came together over two days. Incidentally, the hit version of Natalie’s is closer to Anne’s original demo. “Anyhow, subsequently Scott and Anne wisely decided it made more sense to frame their music with a grunge rock sound, the sound of the early ‘90s, so they formed the band Ednaswap who recorded Torn twice with a very different sonic setting to our demo. I had gone from producing The Cure, mixing XTC and Duran Duran, and getting Grammy nominations for big-selling Thompson Twins albums to producing cheap demos for Keith Cullen’s bands at indie label Setanta Records. “My golden days of being the rock and roll Zelig, an in-demand mixer and producer in the 80s, had faded. I wasn’t getting much work at the time but Scott trusted my chops as a writer, producer and player. Scott and I had worked together writing for Johnny Hates Jazz a year before. ![]() Anne was making demos with a view to signing a record deal as a solo artist. ![]() US chart position: 42“ Torn was written with my American friends Scott Cutler and Anne Preven in my modest home studio in West Hampstead (also where Natalie’s version was recorded five years later). Songwriters: Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Phil Thornalley A fabulous set of of intelligent power-pop gems directly inspired by ELO, he’s clearly still at the top of his game.įor now, we’re heading back in time to learn all about the creation of an iconic song… Still making exceptional music, he’s just released new solo album Now That I Have Your Attention. Bryan Adams, Thompson Twins, The Cure, Psychedelic Furs, XTC, Duran Duran, and Paul McCartney have all made the most of Thornalley’s bona fides. A quick namedrop of some of the artists he’s worked with down the years as either producer, co-writer or musician, is a clear indication of his calibre. ![]() ![]() That version may be unmistakeable to this day, but Torn had already been through several different lives before breaking out as the hit that made Imbruglia a worldwide superstar.Ĭo-written by Scott Cutler, Anne Preven and Phil Thornalley (who also produced the Imbruglia version), it’s Thornalley who will be taking us through the song’s journey. So enduring is the Australian singer’s take on the track, it was the only song from the 1990s to feature in Forbes’ list of the UK’s 40 most-played songs of 2010s. No list of the best songs of the 1990s would be complete without Torn, the bittersweet pop smash from 1997 that helped former Neighbours actor Natalie Imbruglia leave Ramsey Street firmly behind her. Subscribe to one of the world’s only publications dedicated to the craft of writing music and lyrics, and enjoy exclusive benefits
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