“Human Nature” by Gary Clail

"Human Nature" was the first taste of Emotional Hooligan, Gary Clail's second album, out in 1991 on Perfecto and RCA. Clail wrote it and sings it, Adrian Sherwood produced, and Lana Pellay adds backing vocals. It's a dance record with a speech woven through it. Melody Maker and Record Mirror both made it their Single of the Week, and it climbed to number ten in the UK.

That speech was meant to be Billy Graham's own. The plan was to sample him, but his representatives turned the request down, so Clail re-recorded the passages in his own voice. Some promo 12-inch singles carrying the genuine Graham sample did get pressed and sent out, though. The track also doubled as the theme tune for BBC 2's Snub TV.

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