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The Original ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ Demo Had Lyrics About Doing Bong Hits
The New Radicals' Gregg Alexander, who co-wrote Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 'Murder on the Dancefloor,' shared a snippet of his early demo of the song.
Though it still has the big, bright synth stabs and riffs essential to Ellis-Bextor’s version, it’s more pop-rock than disco pastiche, cut with hits of rave and hip-hop that feel very of that moment. As Alexander previously told the paper, he wrote “Murder on the Dancefloor” after his car broke down and thwarted a night out at a dance club in Detroit. As Sophie has spoken in interviews of the New Rads’ 90s ‘Murder’ ‘rough cassette’ inspiring our new lyrics, in lieu of my dance-murder metaphors let’s ‘hit The Hague!
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