Paddy McAloon On This Song "I Know Nothing About New York... I Was Reluctant To Show The Record To People. I Have Walked Down Fifth Avenue But I Had To Check From A Book Whether The Carlyle Was Round About There. I Don't Know All That Business. The Whole Emphasis Which Is Obvious To Me Is To Do With The Kid - And Bugger His Nationality Though He's Probably From Kansas The Sticks Being 18 Or 19 It's All To Do With Being Alive. Being In A New Place. Or Living Somewhere Where All Those Opportunities Which You Saw When You Were A Kid Were There And They've All Gone Past You." - Sounds May 14 1988 "It Is The One Song I'm Dissatisfied With The Way We Realized It - It Should've Had Someone Else Singing It An American. Isaac Hayes Was The Idea We Tried To Get Him They Said No." - Epic Promo Flier 1995