“Tantalized” by The Church

"Tantalized" grew out of the new way the Church went about Heyday, the Australian band's fourth album, released in November 1985. Instead of Steve Kilbey bringing in songs worked up on his eight-track, the whole band wrote together, and the credits show it: the music is shared by Kilbey, Peter Koppes, Richard Ploog and Marty Willson-Piper, with the words left to Kilbey. Peter Walsh produced it and engineered with Guy Gray.

The sessions at Studios 301 caught Kilbey singing warmer and looser than ever, stacking harmony parts over his own leads, while the keyboards were pared back and the guitars were left to talk to each other. The song has stuck around: the band still plays it live, and its promo video resurfaced on a bonus disc when EMI Australia reissued the album in 2002.

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