Electronic Profile on UK TV, May 1991, ft interviews with Johnny Marr & Bernard Sumner

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Composition
Marr composed the music then Sumner wrote the lyric as engineer Owen Morris played him the song every four bars.[1] Marr was reluctant to layer multiple guitar parts as he was wary of treading ground, but Sumner convinced him otherwise.[2] During recording, Primal Scream vocalist Denise Johnson added a vocal at the end of the song.[3] She went on to provide additional vocals on a number of songs on Electronic's second album Raise the Pressure five years later.[4][a]
Artwork
The first releases were packaged by Johnson/Panas (the moniker of Trevor Johnson), who also designed Electronic's then imminent first album Electronic. Each format bore a unique colour scheme, all versions featuring the artist and single name with a bold number "2" underneath, signifying its place in Electronic's discography.[5] The only format which differed from this theme was the second British 12-inch release, designed by 3a (who also oversaw third single "Feel Every Beat").