OVER
From the album 'Portishead'
[4:00]
LYRICS:
I can't hold this day
Anymore
Understand me
Anymore
To tread this fantasy, openly
What have I done
Ooh this uncertainty
Is taking me over
I can't mould this stage
Anymore
Recognise me
Anymore
To tread this fantasy, openly
What have I done
Ooh this uncertainty
Is taking me over
Is taking me over
To tread this fantasy, openly
What have I done
Ooh this uncertainty
Is taking me over
Is taking me over
Is taking me over
CREDITS:
Written by
G Barrow/B Gibbons/A Utley
Musicians
G Barrow : Drums
A Utley : Guitar & bass
COMMENTS:
Dancehall bass line
sound. Dave
The best version of this song. Geoff
Third version, glad it made it. Adrian
This was a song we wrote on the
last tour. The guitar riff came from a riff
we did, like, a month before; the drums came
from a session three months before that -
that's how almost all of our songs are
written. Geoff
Over was an old track that we used
to play on tour. We played it on the Mercury
prize thing with some strings. It's quite an
old track and we didn't think it was going to
go on the album. And then we were a couple of
tracks down right near the end of recording
so we thought let's just have a crack at
doing it and it was kind of pieced together
but it now sounds whole. It's a little bit
rougher than the original one which was a
little bit sweeter. But I managed to get a
beat in there which I've had for ages which
I'm really happy about. And I think it's one
of Beth's favourites as well. Geoff
OTHER VERSIONS:
Over
Instrumental
Available on 'Over'.
Over Remix
Available on 'Over'.
SINGLE
INFORMATION:
Release date:
10 November 1997
Tracklisting:
Over / Over Remix / Over Instrumental / Half Day Closing (PNYC) / Humming (PNYC)
Credits:
Pre-production at State of Art. All tracks
engineered by Dave McDonald.
Tracklaying at Ridge Farm, Steve Cooper
assisting.
Mixing and tracklaying at Moles, Trevor
Curwen Engineer.
All tracks produced by G Barrow, A Utley, B
Gibbons and D McDonald.
All tracks written by G Barrow / B Gibbons /
A Utley (Chrysalis Music Horns and strings
arranged by Ltd)Adrian Utley & Nick
Ingman.
Orchestrated by Nick Ingman.
"Half Day Closing" and
"Humming" recorded 24 July 1997 at
the Roseland Ballroom.
VIDEO
INFORMATION:
Director:
Chris Bran (more
info)
Storyline:
A black and white video with Beth singing and
running in a dark space with spotlights.
Availability:
Available on the 'PNYC' DVD.
