Control Freak
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Control Freak
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| Song | Control Freak |
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| By | Recoil |
| Songwriter | Alan Wilder Maggie Estep |
| Produced by | Alan Wilder |
| Recorded at | The Thin Line (Sussex) |
| Mixed by | Alan Wilder |
| Mixing assistance | Paul Stevens Simon Shazell |
| Mastered by | Ian Cooper |
| Studio assistance | Hepzibah Sessa |
| Published by | Mute Song Not Normal Music Zoetrope Music Company Carlin Music Corp. Chappell, Inc. Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. |
| Recorded | September 1996 - June 1997 |
| Originally released | 27 October 1997 |
| Live performances as Recoil | 0 times * |
| Total live performances | 1 times * |
"Control Freak" is a song from the 1997 album Unsound Methods by Recoil.
Lyrics
Control Freak
A girl who can't shake off the smell
Of a man she met but didn't know well
She thinks she feels him in her skin
She thinks she sees his sideways grin
She sees him on the street by chance
Follows him as if entranced
Gets on a train that he gets on
A girl like this she is possessed
She sits two seats behind his own
Can hear him sigh, a little moan
She wonders what he's thinking of
As he removes his right hand glove
She notices his hand is strange
As if the bones were rearranged
She thinks of what she'll say to him
She hears it playing deep within
You're all I need to get high
The man jumps to his feet just then
Slips out the train and round a bend
She almost loses sight of him
Shuts her eyes, thinks of his skin
She catches up just as he goes
Into a bar and down below
To where cases of wine are stacked
There is no light, it's nearly black
You're all I need to get high
He turns around to face her then
His right hand seems to claw the air
She doesn't know why she came here
She doesn't know what possessed her
Sweat's running down her spine
But then he breaks into a smile
That lights up his whole face
And then he starts to laugh and laugh and laugh
And then he says "I've thought about you
Since that day we met but barely spoke"
They start to kiss
He rubs his hand inside her tight's inner band
She shivers up against him hard
She reaches inside of him far
But then she stops, she pulls away
She starts to go and he tells her "stay"
But she walks determined up the stairs
She sways a bit, she flaunts her wares
She's got him where she wants him now
She knows he'll follow hard
And how anything she says will go
Any yes she'll turn to no
He follows her outside and says
"Hey wait, don't go, stay here"
She turns around and sneers at him
And walks away for days
Songwriter: Alan Wilder/Maggie Estep
Publishing Information: ℗ 1997 Reprise Records
Quotes
Alan Wilder allegedly confirmed the title of Recoil song 'Control Freak' was chosen in jest as a response to Martin Gore's pointed comments that Wilder is a "control freak" in an interview following Wilder's 1995 departure from Depeche Mode:
Yes, but it doesn't refer to the lyrics, it's just the name of the song. I found it funny somehow. However, it doesn't have a deeper meaning [...] It's true that I am a bit of a control freak. I think that anyone who is deeply passionate about what they do will have that element about them.[1]
— Alan Wilder
Composition
Sample sources
| "Control Freak" Recoil 1997
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| Vocal, guitar, drum elements elements | Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need To Get By / Pullin' - "You're All I Need to Get By" - 1971 |
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A manipulated sample derived from Aretha Franklin's 1971 cover of "You're All I Need to Get By" by R&B/soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell is utilised throughout "Control Freak". | ||
| Orchestral strings | Ravi Shankar, Philip Glass - "Offering" - 1990 |
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A manipulated sample of orchestral strings derived from "Offering" by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass is utilised throughout "Control Freak". | ||
| Piano elements | Peter Hammill - "Accidents" - 1982 |
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A manipulated piano sample derived from "Accidents" by Peter Hammill is utilised sporadically throughout "Control Freak". | Click to display/hide audio example | |
| Synth fill | Brian Eno, David Bryne - "Mountain of Needles" - February 1981 |
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A manipulated sample derived from "Mountain of Needles" by Brian Eno and David Bryne is utilised throughout "Control Freak". | ||
| Synth pad | Goldie - "Sea of Tears" - 1995 |
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A synth pad derived from "Sea of Tears" by Goldie is utilised throughout "Control Freak". | ||
| Flowing water, ambient elements | AMG - HITCD08 - Pascal Gabriel's Dance Samples - Track 62 (0:12) - "WaterLoop" - 1991 |
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An edited, manipulated, looped sample of flowing water derived from AMG's 1991 sample CD HITCD08 - Pascal Gabriel's Dance Samples is utilised throughout the intro of "Control Freak". | Click to display/hide audio example | |
| Female vocal/laugh, vocal elements | AMG - HITCD08 - Pascal Gabriel's Dance Samples - Track 53 (0:08) - "Ha, Ha, Ha! (F)" - 1991 |
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A manipulated vocal part derived from AMG's 1991 sample CD HITCD08 - Pascal Gabriel's Dance Samples is utilised sporadically throughout "Control Freak". | Click to display/hide audio example | |
| Bass drum, drum elements | AMG - HITCD08 - Pascal Gabriel's Dance Samples - Track 49 (0:45) - "DubMaster" - 1991 |
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A manipulated bass drum sound derived from AMG's 1991 sample CD HITCD08 - Pascal Gabriel's Dance Samples is utilised throughout "Control Freak". | Click to display/hide audio example | |
| Drum elements, open hi-hat, closed hi-hat | Korg Inc. - Korg 01/W > PROG BANK A > A29: Dance Kit - "Open HH", "Close HH" |
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A series of open and closed hi-hats utilised throughout "Control Freak" are sequenced using Korg 01/W Bank A Voice #29 "Dance Kit". |
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Dates where Control Freak was played
Control Freak has never been played live.
Notes
References
- ↑ depechemodebiographie.de attributes these quotes to Alan Wilder but does not cite a source. Anyone who knows the source of these quotes, please send an e-mail to admin [at] dmlive [dot] wiki.
