 The music on "Escape", in particular "Five Minutes of Funk", was originally intended to be rock music oriented, with Hutchins suggesting that the song would be similar to the "rawer" work of groups such as The Isley Brothers.Whodini had planned to use a Minimoog synthesizer on the track, although Smith left his at home, assuming that he could find one in the United Kingdom.Unable to locate one, the group then heard Run–D.M.C.