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Version one recorded at BBC session, broadcast April 1981 Julian Cope - vocals, guitar Troy Tate - guitar Jeff Hammer - keyboards Alfie Agius - bass Gary Dwyer - drums Version two recorded Autumn 1981, released on "Wilder" album, November 1981 Julian Cope - vocals, guitar, bass Dave Balfe - keyboards Troy Tate - guitar Gary Dwyer - drums Written by Julian Cope At the start of 1981 nobody quite knew what to expect from the Teardrop Explodes. The critical reaction to "Kilimanjaro" hadn't been particularly favourable and "When I dream" hadn't stormed the charts either. Sure "Reward" was in the can and ready for release but the four piece unit which had recorded it in November 1980 had imploded, leaving only Cope and Dwyer together. A new lineup had to be created to support the single and whatever else may happen in the future. Also with Balfe and Gill gone, the songwriting would now be down to Cope and Cope alone.  Finally he had control of