50 songs to take to my grave #42: Understanding Jane

I know very little about the Icicle Works. I think I once had Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) on some 80s chart compilation and that was about it, until my mate Steve who I worked with in Our Price recommended Understanding Jane. There was a Best Of coming out and a newly remixed version of Understanding Jane was released as a single. Steve was usually right about such things, but in this case he was even more right than usual.

It is a great song. You know I'm a sucker for a good chorus, and this has one, but the whole damn thing is one almighty earworm that twists and turns in your brain and takes up permanent residence. The band had a troubled history, mainly because of singer Ian McNabb's control freakery, but you'd never guess it from listening to Understanding Jane.

The purists will hate me for this, but I always preferred the remixed 1992 version to the original. It just sounds fuller and bolder. That's the version I'm taking with me, anyway.