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Out To Get You

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Out To Get You was first released as the b-side to the 1990 James single Lose Control. It was re-recorded for the 1993 Laid album and also appeared on the 1998 Best Of collection, the only non-single to do so.

Originally released as the b-side of Lose Control in 1990, this song was forgotten about until the acoustic Neil Young support slots in 1992 where it was distilled down from over six minutes to just over four.

In the studio sessions for Laid, the band spent days trying to perfect the new version with overdubs but ended up going back to a live first take.

The song was covered by Courteeners as a b-side to their single No You Didn’t, No You Don’t.

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I'm so alone tonight
My bed feels larger than when I was small
Lost in memories, lost in all the sheets and old pillows
So alone tonight, miss you more than I will let you know
Miss the outline of your back, miss you breathing down my neck
All out to get you, once again
They're all out to get you, once again

Insecure, what you gonna do
Feel so small, they could step on you
Called you up, answer machine, when the human touch
Is what I need, what I need, what I need, what I need is you
I need you

Looked in the mirror, I don't know who I am any more
The face is familiar, but the eyes, the eyes give it all away
They're all out to get you, once again, they're all out to get you
Here they come again

Insecure, what you gonna do
Feel so small, they could step on you
Called you up, answer machine, when the human touch
Is what I need, what I need, what I need
What I need, what I need, what I need is you
(What I need)

If you let me breathe, if you let me breathe
They're all out to get you, once again, they're all out to get you
To get you, once again

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Cover version by Courteeners

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Song:Out To Get You
Released:26th November 1990
Main Associated Album (or Single):Laid
First Heard Live:Chicago Cabaret Metro – 13th March 1992
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Lose Control

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Lose Control, a 1990 Single by James.

Summary

Lose Control was an interim single between albums to support a UK tour. Reached 38 in the UK Singles Chart.

Track List

7″ JIM7 – Lose Control (edit) / Sunday Morning
CAS JIMC7 – Lose Control (edit) / Sunday Morning
12″ JIM712 – Lose Control (extended) / Sunday Morning / Out To Get You
CD JIM7CD – Lose Control (extended) / Sunday Morning / Out To Get You

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Release Name: Lose Control
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Release Date: 26th November 1990
Format: Studio Single
Catalogue: 7" JIM7; 12" JIM712; CD JIM7CD; CAS JIMC7

Lose Control was intended as an interim single between albums released to coincide with the band’s short UK tour.

For this release, James refrained from the multi-formatting of the previous two singles, partly due to the chart rules having been changed to clamp down on it. Two new tracks had been recorded to accompany the single as well as a remix of the title track by Mark McGuire.

Sunday Morning is a cover version of the Velvet Underground song recorded for Imaginary Records Heaven and Hell tribute album with Tim writing a medley taking lyrics from other Velvet Underground songs extending the song to just under five minutes. Out To Get You, later to be resurrected for Laid, is a six and a half minute slow burner considerably different to the Laid version.

The artwork was yet again kept simple, a variation of the James moniker on a shimmering orange background.

Promoting Lose Control saw James make their debut appearance on Channel 4’s The Word, but the Top of the Pops appearance still eluded the band, despite a third successive Top 40 hit, the single reaching number 38 in the competitive Christmas market.

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