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The second time in a row that I've found a copy of a single, although I didn't personally buy this one: I inherited this copy from my brother somewhere down the line, although he kept the three postcards so the disc rattles about a bit in the sleeve. It was also Imbruglia's second consecutive single to peak at 2, held back on this occasion by Céline Dion. It didn't quite match the million sales of 'Torn' cited in the sleeve note (I believe that figure was later revised downward somewhat, although thanks to to downloads it's unequivocally into seven figures now).
Anyway, this post isn't about 'Torn' but about the curiously forgotten follow-up, which has more than a little in common with 'Road Rage' in its production and air of supressed feistiness. Those distant-sounding percussion samples are very 1998. The singer has a writing credit on this one alongside Mark Goldenberg (who also co-wrote 'Novocaine For The Soul' by Eels, suggesting they were aiming for something a bit beyond the usual soap-star cash-in) and she's presumably responsible for some of the slightly "off" lyrical images: most notably the memorable if strange moment when she tells you to "close your eyes and think of all the bubbles of love we... made" which feels a slightly counter-intuitive thing to say to someone you're trying to get rid of. I suppose she means that bubbles burst.
I'm not going to call this an all-time classic, but of all her hits it's probably the one I warm to most now and it's a good enough song within the pop mainstream to put just about all of Disc One to shame.
Also appearing on: Now 39, 61
Available on: Glorious: The Singles '97-'07
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