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remember asia


composers
Music: Andy Gillespie
Lyrics: Jim Kerr


publisher
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background
"Song lyrics can ring true or have something of the fantastical about them. Both even! If I told you that "Remember Asia" involves a character caught up in the panic of an earthquake warning, it would be normal of you to suppose that the story came to me second hand. Not so!" - Jim

Remember Asia was the first Lostboy! AKA title mentioned by Jim. He said he'd been working on the track during October 2009 (when the bulk of the material for the first album was recorded).

"I'm in Asia where it is still on the cusp of the rainy season. Spent today indoors working on "Remember Asia". Sounds like a very strong radio track. Many of them do actually." - Jim, 7th January 2010.

""I travelled from London to Switzerland. I was only there for the afternoon so didn't change the time on my watch. When I got back to Zurich Airport I had two hours to kill so thought I'd do some work on a song called "Remember Asia." I got so engrossed I noticed the departure lounge was empty. I went to the boarding gate to be told: 'Your plane left an hour ago'. I had to sleep overnight in this little cubicle because it was too much hassle to travel back into the city. I ended up not getting much sleep and spent the night working on more Lostboy! songs." - Jim, Daily Express, 10th May 2010.

The album lyric booklet featured extra lyrics:

If you were still here, what words would you want me to say?
If we were back then how could we ever explain!
Remember Asia when you've gone

Simon Hayward produced an electromix of the track for Edel before the ElectroSet Tour. It has yet to be released.




lyrics
I can remember when you changed your heart and changed our destiny,
I still remember when the news came down that changed reality.
I wandered down the hallway, past the mirrors, looked right through on the way,
And I still recall the way the world it shook beneath us. Recall it like today.

Will you remember Asia when you're gone?
When you're gone - Will you remember Asia when you've gone?

I still remember how the lights inside kept flickering in the night.
And how we locked together hanging on for life.
We took the elevator down beneath the place we should go.
While up above the cataclysmic scnes were playing out and more than we should know.

Will you remember Asia when you've gone?
Will you remember Asia when you've gone?

That life is over, yes it's over,
Sometimes it lets you down.
That life is over, yes it's over,
And something else is found.

Somehow we're never scared we never feared no matter what they thought,
Was like we walways knew that we were in a moment that time forgot.
Remember Asia when you've gone.
When you've gone.
Remember Asia when you've gone.
When you've gone.
Will you remember Asia when you've gone?

Will you remember Asia when you've gone?





discography
Album Version (3:49)
Produced, arranged and mixed by: Jez Coad
Backing tracks engineered by: Tom Dalgety

Lostboy Promo CD Lostboy LP Lostboy CD Lostboy Limited Edition CD Lostboy Collectors Edition Lostboy Russian CD Remember Asia Promo CD Lostboy! Promo CD



downloads
Album Version (3:49)
Produced, arranged and mixed by: Jez Coad
Backing tracks engineered by: Tom Dalgety

Lostboy! MP3




live history
Lostboy! AKA Promo Tour: 2010
Lostboy! AKA Electroset Radio Tour: 2010
Lostboy! AKA Electroset Tour: 2010