Neneh Cherry

Released: October 19, 2018

Songwriter: Preetesh Hirji Paul Simm Neneh Cherry Four Tet Booga Bear

Producer: Four Tet

[Verse 1]
Six degrees of separation for me is too long
I take steps and someone knows you
In the link for generations
Like gold chain but to me you're gone
I turn our world around
I can't turn it back
We're right here now
In another lapse
Chains are friends
Now I knew I wouldn't collapse
I can't rest, just can't relax

[Chorus]
Won't stop 'til the break of dawn
And the clock tick-tock goes on and on
And it don't stop till the break of dawn
And the slow release
Slow release
No pressure, no pressure
Let it begin
Posses the late tide
So slow, slow release
No pressure, no pressure
Let it begin
Can't seem to be released

[Verse 2]
Six degrees of freedom
Just can't be wrong
We stretched out
It's how I met you
In no dimensions
In some ways for me, you were strong
We turned our world around
You had my back
A little freedom now
That's how love slaps
Ain't confined to the list
Don't do that
Chain reactions just 'cause relapse

[Chorus]
Won't stop 'til the break of dawn
And the clock tick-tock goes on and on
And it don't stop till the break of dawn
And the slow release
Slow release
No pressure, no pressure
Let it begin
Posses the late tide
So slow, slow release
No pressure, no pressure
Let it begin
Can't seem to be released

Slow release
No pressure, no pressure
Let it begin
Posses the late tide
So slow, slow release
No pressure, no pressure
Let it begin
Can't seem to be released

Slow release
No pressure, no pressure
Let it begin
Posses the late tide
So slow, slow release
No pressure, no pressure
Let it begin
Can't seem to be released

Neneh Mariann Karlsson was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and a father from Sierra Leone. Her mother raised her in a commune with her stepfather, jazz musician Don Cherry (father of Eagle Eye Cherry).

She moved to London in the 1980s and immersed herself in the Bristol music scene (where Massive Attack and Portishead would form), getting involved with bands such as The Cherries, The Slits, New Age Steppers, Rip Rig + Panic and Float Up CP.

But it was her collaboration with the duo Morgan-McVey, who released only the one single “Looking Good Diving”, that would be the springboard to launch her into international stardom. The single’s B-side featured Cherry rapping over the A-side’s instrumental tracks with what later became the lyrics to her 1988 debut breakout single “Buffalo Stance” (its music reworked by Bomb The Bass' Tim Simenon) – which reached the top 10 in eleven countries.

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