The elusive writer of this song passed last week->
unlike a lot of artists, he quietly faded into the artistic background when he had nothing to say, as a result, 80s enthusiasts would only remember him for this song. and mostly through gwen stefani covering it
for fans of the band, they would say the band got progressively quieter and more sparse with each release, the band's last 3 albums were not very commercial. the main songwriter and singer only released 1 solo album after the band called it quits, despite the fact the band was pretty much a solo artist using a band name to sell the music. He was in total control of the musical direction
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