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I
wrote and recorded "Sunglasses at Night" in the summer
of 1983...I just turned 21...I was working in what was at the time
my musical mecca, England. Eric Clapton had just played dobro guitar
on one of my songs and I was hanging out at Pete Townsend's house
chatting with him about the best London studio rooms and his favorite
vocal mic pre-amps...cool...Heady times for a kid from Montreal
with a dream ......So "Sunglasses at Night" was my first
ever single from my debut album "First Offense"...It was
a last minute addition to the disc...After it was released in November
1983, my life and the world around me changed forever.A major hit
song was born, International success...cool....Was it the melody?
or the lyric? Was it the video driven imaging? Luck of the draw
or simply the sound of the times?...I suppose it was all of the
above and none at all....From Bob Hope to Wyclef Jean the song struck
a chord and understanding this alchemy remains mystery to us all...Fast
forward to the summer of 2002, I get a call from my record label
Sony who ask me if I am interested in participating on a remix/recut
of the song?...It seems to be the season, as several new versions
of the track were being sampled/reworked and regrooved for release
around the world....I thought about it and decided I would resing
the vocal. Sony hooked me up with Original 3. This is our collaboration
together...In my opinion nothing will ever replace the magical innocence
of the original but then again this is not the purpose here...I'm
always searching for discovery that intention can't find...cool
again.
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Corey Hart
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