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Sometimes When I Look Back On Myself On Those Earlier Records, There Was So Much Effort Going In, So Much Trying. With This, I Was Trying To Make It Much More Laid Back.

["a Deal With God"] Was The First Single Off Hounds Of Love. I'd Put A Lot Of Work Into Putting That Album Together And I Wanted It To Have Every Chance.

I Suppose In Some Ways Doing Some Of The Songs In The Show Felt A Bit Like I Was Doing Cover Versions. I Was Covering Myself. Not That They Didn't Feel Like My Songs, But The Way I Was Approaching Them Was From A Place So Outside Where They Were Written. The Fact That These Songs Were In The Context Of A Live Show Was A New Thing.

They Were Worried We Wouldn't Get Any Radio Play At All[ For "a Deal With God" ]. That's Why It Was Changed [to "running Up That Hill"].

[for Before The Dawn] It Was In The Hands Of A Fantastic Drummer And Percussionist And Who Drove It Into Another Moment In Time. It's Such A Poignant Song And It Was Transformed Into Entirely Different Beast.