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“Seal said to me while we were doing the first album, ‘I’ve got this song - it’s a bit like Greensleeves.’ I was like, ‘that sounds interesting’”: Trevor Horn on the waltz-time song with the "crazy" vocal harmonies that gave Seal a '90s US number one
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Discussing the origins of his song, Horn says: “Seal said to me while we were doing the first album, ‘I’ve got this song - it’s a bit like Greensleeves.’
“Seal came in and said, ‘I’ve got some ideas for vocal harmonies on Kiss From A Rose - can we do them?’
“You listen to all the vocal harmonies on Kiss From A Rose – all the crazy contrapuntal counterpoint stuff.
As well as playing with the song’s time signature, Horn also made a brief change to the key – specifically, in the bridge.
Kiss From A Rose is a perfect example of an artist and producer working in sync, then – and a song that’s aged far better than the film it featured in.