 He has said that its main synth line was influenced by that of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Messages" (Kim stated that her brother "kind of nicked" the line), while the eighth note synth bassline, which forms the intro, was inspired by Gary Numan (as was the vocal melody in the opening lines).They went into the studio with everything except the lyrics to the chorus, which Marty Wilde, who was responsible for writing the lyrics to the song, came up with at the last minute.The line "Whoah-oh!