Song Info On Name Taken

Primarily Found On:

100th Window

Also Found On:

N/A

First Released On:

29th Januray 2003

Duration:

07:47

Variations/Remixes:

N/A

Credits:

Written by Robert Del Naja, Neil Davidge

Produced by Robert Del Naja and Neil Davidge

See 100th Window info section for further credit details by clicking here.

For the Collected version of the song, additional credits are:

Remastered by Mike Marsh at the Exchange and Tim Young at Metropolis Mastering.

Sampled:

N/A

Covered:

N/A

Vocalist(s):

Horace Andy

Lyrics:

History:

Horace Andy recorded his vocals for Name Taken during June 2002 making it the last song written for 100th Window. 3D was also determined to write a track for Horace Andy completely without the use of samples or relying on cover versions as they had done on many previous Horace Andy sung songs. This ethos fitted in nicely with 100th Window's “no sample” approach. There was also an intentional desire to make Horace Andy's vocals on this track and Everywhen not sound anything like what he sounded like normally in the past, in an attempt to move away from any hints of reggae on the album whatsoever.

Additional Info:

This song along with Everywhen were the first Horace Andy sung tracks to be written entirely from scratch and not be cover versions of previous Horace Andy solo material or contain any samples since Hymn Of The Big Wheel on Blue Lines.

Live Appearances:

Name Taken was first played live at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia on the 11th March 2003.It continued to be played throughout the near entire duration of the 2003 tour. Its arrangement though during the first half of the tour differed from its arrangement during the second half of the tour, in an attempt to make the song more dynamic to perform on stage. It has not been played since the 2003 tour.

Quotes:

Neil Davidge on recording Horace Andy's vocals in Name Taken - “We had a simple melodic structure, D would write the lyrics and then I'd get Horace to sing round the one line constantly going round and round, recording different ways of singing that line. Then I constructed the song afterwards, choosing the lines that worked best and that seemed to flow naturally, which was a very abstract way of working” [Sound On Sound Magazine April 2003]

3D on Horace Andy's vocals in Everywhen - "It was mad, trying to get Horace to sound like he wasn't a reggae singer for the first time," says 3D. "I felt we've done a lot of things with Horace that were a throwback to his history. He's got such a great voice you don't need to do that. I wanted to write some new stuff for him like I did on 'Hymn of the Big Wheel” [Exclaim.ca – January 2003]